A word that I noted down last year that I liked was momenta. It's the plural of momentum. We gain momentum through moments. Action. Each moment is either creating positive momentum or negative momentum. Whether we like it or not. Can we manage our moments well enough at every opportunity to be then creating only positive momentum? The thing is we may think of moments as external. Those are circumstances. Events. Happenings. Moments occur internally. "It was in that moment, he knew..." That moment is an internal occurrence based on an external trigger. The outside world had a causality on that internal moment. "I need a moment." Sometimes that's interpreted as "I need a second." But what it really means is that the external events caused us to feel, emote, and think a certain way that made us go within. In that moment, rarely, if ever, do we do more to have more of that external stimulating or trigger. We always retreat within ourselves for that moment. That moment of clarity. That moment of calm. That moment of peace, joy, love, etc. We regain more of ourselves within the scope of that moment.
So if we need to go within to create a moment for ourselves, isn't a moment the opposite of motion? The opposite of momentum? So either that's true or momentum comes from also going within. We think of momentum as, again, something in the outer world. But it's something that's created in the inner world. Since of course the outer world is a reflection of our inner world. Paradoxically, momentum comes from going deeper within. And you go deeper within by not 'doing' anything, per se, but just by being.
Why have I created so much momentum in my life in the last year or so? Definitely not a coincidence that I've gone within more of myself more in that same time frame. I've created moments for myself. More and more moments for myself. All those moments overlap with one another and ultimately it just becomes momentum. It would be foolish to think that exclusively 'doing' or 'executing' creates momentum then. The more I create more momentum, the more likely it turns into multiple types of momentum, or momenta. I've created moments of joy. I've created moments of bliss. I've created moments of reflection. I've created moments of deeply connecting with others. By diversifying and increasing my frequency of my moments, I create momentum in all aspects of life, which is momenta. I have momenta. If we can learn more about ourselves every day in however we spend our time, then we're building momentum. Momentum is energy. Therefore moments are energy. The more energy we create to learn about who we are, the faster that momentum will accumulate and manifest itself externally. And it'll be impossible to slow down!
One of the things in the Mind Valley quest it said to do was to create a weekly calendar template time-boxed with everything I want to do. I think that is a great stepping stone for people who need to get away and create a moment (lol) for themselves, but that's become my default setting. I just naturally recognize when I'm feeling out of balance and do things intuitively that bring me back in balance. I do time box 4 hours biweekly for my biweekly circle (hasn't happened last couple months though and I can notice a difference actually) as well as the quarterly circles. On a daily level, I'll fill in deep work sessions for work so that I'm committing more to myself. But with what I discovered when journaling about my time-box chart, I'm already bringing a greater awareness to how I manage my time and energy.
Side note that work on Friday was mostly filled with medium depth work. Things that take 10-30 min to complete. Doesn't require deep, deep thought but things I just need to execute and it takes that amount of time.
List 3-4 things that I want to do for myself this week. I want to do more meditation, especially mixing back in the things from Be Extraordinary and even EKAA Level 2. I want to continue learning Spanish more consistently and pick back up with vocab, which I haven't touched in many months. I want to have a great, deep convo with someone this upcoming week. Idk with who or about what but just a convo where at the end I go "That was one of the best convos I've ever had!" That's what I want to do for myself this week. Meditation is a habit I have so it'll come back naturally. Spanish / vocab I might need to start time-boxing 15 min at the beginning / end of days to do one or both of them.
In the most recent quest lesson, Nir Eyal said he has a kibbutz with his wife and close friends every week. They just have one question that they start off the convo with. That way, it's more intentional and inclusive of everyone there. Each person / couple brings their own food so don't have to worry about that aspect. This is basically a satsang lol. However, having smaller groups of 2-3 is ideal to get more flow of ideas compared to larger 4-6+ person groups. What about this? Each person writes a question and puts it into a bowl. All the people's names are also written on slips and placed in a bowl. Then in a FIFA / UEFA-style selection / draw process (minus the corruption and dragging of suspense), a 2-3 person group is selected, followed by the question. There can be a theme for the night so that the questions can be at least somewhat related. I'll call it the Soul Dojo. Wait there's already a record label and music with that lol. What about...I Dojo. Learning about the self. It can rotate between people's places or outside at a park somewhere or literally anywhere. I can create this group on Meetup and start organically. Then people can organically meet like-minded people across the city who also want to discuss deeper topics. Going into my project backlog! Let's do it!
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