Why do I want the experience of doing things that don’t feel like work?
I’ve extensively talked about this before. What other angles are there here?
Because I don’t want to be beholden to anyone else’s standards of ‘work’ but my own. That is a semi-paradox though of what I want to build. There has to be some level of common or agreed upon standards to make it bigger than myself. It’s not just ‘work’ though. It’s every word.
Can we have beliefs without feelings? I guess it depends on what we mean by feelings. I’d say that in the finite, beliefs, words, feelings are all different perspectives of the same thing. In the infinite, we don’t have words, feelings, or beliefs. Beliefs are just ways of quantifying in some way who we are. Same as words & feelings.
One reason back to the original question is I don’t want motivation to do anything. Motivation implies there is no action. That what you’re doing and what you want to be doing are two different things. In an ideal world, I don’t need any motivation. I’m simply doing what I want to be doing.
Well, then what’s desire? Physically speaking, desire = what I want to have - what I have. Identity-wise, desire = who I want to be - who I currently am. Action-wise, desire = what I want to do - what I’m currently doing.
So then is motivation to act on that desire? What’s the difference between motivation and inspiration then? I think the difference is in the domains of Be-Do-Have. Motivation is how you get from what you’re currently doing to what you want to be doing. Inspiration is how you get from who you are to who you want to be. Lol, for what I have → what I want to have, is it along the lines of $? Power? Access?
What I want to have + $ + what I have
What I want to do + motivation = what I do
Who I want to be + inspiration = who I am
Who I want to be - who I am = desire (identity)
Who I am - who I want to be = inspiration
(Who I want to be - who I am) + (who I am - who I want to be) = Inspiration + Desire
This feels right:
Desire + $ = what I have
Desire + motivation = what I do
Desire + inspiration = who I am
So a desire actually gives us direction. Don’t run away from desires. Channel them.
A purpose is actually part desire. The 3 aspects have to be in alignment. Inspiration - Motivation - $.
People want $ because that will enable them to have motivation, thinking they’ll get inspiration, or it leads to inspiration. But being inspired leads automatically to motivation which leads to $.
So to answer the original question, I want to be perpetually inspired. Everything else will unfold.
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