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September 14 Fear or Laziness An aside to my previous entry:
In the movie 'Waking Life' one of the discussions is about whether laziness or fear is the greatest hinderence to development of human consciousness. I've always wondered about this statement and I suspect that laziness itself is not seperate from fear, but a symptom of it. I think that laziness & inaction come from the act of not caring, which in turn comes from the act of not wanting to open yourself up, which is really the fear of allowing your consciousness into a situation.
If one is tired, one may be lazy because they don't feel they have the strength to enforce the mental walls they are used to upholding when going about the world. Choosing to enter a situation without those walls in the first place frees up more energy to experience the situation when you may have turned away previously. Things to RememberIf I am ever feeling anxious, weak, or simply lost, I want to remember these things:
The essence that is truly me as an individual craves peace. Peace and understanding allow me to thrive and feel happy & content.
I must recognize that acting any way contrary to this truth will bring me all the ills I fear. As soon as I divide myself and tell myself that an egoic aspect of myself is more important than this truth, happiness will dissolve and fear, discontentment, stress and apathy will grow.
It is a simple concept but one difficult to keep in constant action & motion. Yet I beleive it to be the one best for achieving great happiness. |
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