Enthusiasm - The Missing Piece to Success (Gold from Tolle)
Listened to this from a New Earth and it's so awesome that I had to share it here! I resonate with this stuff so hard because it has been so helpful in my life.
Enthusiasm
It seems as though most people cut themselves off from their true power to acheive what they want. Whether it be to succeed in a particualr career, business pursuit, fitness, dating.....
They project their fufillement into the future. They beleive when they accomplish their goal then they will be happy, complete and enough. Then their life will be meaningful. The present moment becomes a means to an end and not fufilling in its own right. So you have to struggle and work hard to make it.
When you want to arrive at your goal, more than you want to do what you're doing, then you become stressed.
Enjoyment out of what you're doing plus the added element of a goal or vision you work towards is true Enthusiasm.
True enthusiasm knows where it is going but is so at one with the present moment, the source of it's power, alivness and joy. Enthusiasm wants nothing because it lacks nothing.
Make sure your vision or goal is not an inflated vision of yourself and therefore a concealed form of ego, such as wanting to becomea movie star, a famous writer or a wealthy entrepreneur. Also make sure your gaol is not foucsed on having this or that, such as a manson by the sea, your own company or ten million dollars in the bank.
An enlarged vision of yourself or an image of your self having this or that are all static goals and therefore don't empower you.
Instead, make sure your goals are dynamic, that is to say, point towrads an activity you are engaged in and therefore connected to other human beings, as well as to the whole.
Instead of seeing yourself as a famous actor or writer and so on... See yourself inspiring countless people with your work and enriching their lives.
Feel how that activity not only deepens and enriches your life, but that of countless others. Feel yourself bein an opening through which energy flows through the un manifested source of all life. Through you for the benefit of all.
All of this implies that your gaol or vision is already a reality within you on the level of mind and feeling. That is why there is no wanting involved. You cannot manifest what you want, you can only manifest what you already have.
Yeah but "this should not be happening."
I think you should expand on the kind of goal setting you're talking about. It's a very crucial point that most people do not get.
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
I think you should expand on the kind of goal setting you're talking about. It's a very crucial point that most people do not get.
Yeah, Bateman's post made me realize that *I* don't get it. I like to see myself driving a Porsche Cayman and having a big bank account. Does Tolle want me to drive an old ass sedan?? 
What he's getting at is the true kind of goal setting. The kind that actually works and WILL make you successful. If you are concentrating on the outcome, e.g. the cash money ho's, you're not going to be focused on actually producing "value" and developing your gift into something fucking awesome. It's like my coaching program or this forum. I've focused on pouring myself into it, developing it into something that helps people massively, the success came AFTER this happened.
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
Nice I think I got it: We should visualize ourselves blowing people away with our respective talents rather than visualizing the rewards of success.
This is a sick post btw.
What he's getting at is the true kind of goal setting. The kind that actually works and WILL make you successful. If you are concentrating on the outcome, e.g. the cash money ho's, you're not going to be focused on actually producing "value" and developing your gift into something fucking awesome. It's like my coaching program or this forum. I've focused on pouring myself into it, developing it into something that helps people massively, the success came AFTER this happened.
That's very well articualted!!!!
I think I understand the goal setting. It would be like saying that if you want to get an A in a class you should focus on learning and applying the material opposed to focusing on your numerical grades on your tests. In other words, being immersed and excited about the process in order to reach an overarching goal.
Yeah Meow,
But if you're really honest with yourself, at the deepest level, the A isn't what you really want. Sure if you look to other people, then society may very well define you getting an A as success.
But ultimately, that will not make you any happier or more fufilled.
Ultiamtely, the only joy you can experience is in the present moment. Not from external validation.
So really, a much more powerful goal would be to educate yourself to the highest possible standard. To love the process and enrich yourself with knowledge that you can apply and ultimately help other people. And so, there's no more wanting involved because this goal can be acheived right now.
What he's getting at is the true kind of goal setting. The kind that actually works and WILL make you successful. If you are concentrating on the outcome, e.g. the cash money ho's, you're not going to be focused on actually producing "value" and developing your gift into something fucking awesome. It's like my coaching program or this forum. I've focused on pouring myself into it, developing it into something that helps people massively, the success came AFTER this happened.
Lol I believe this was summarized best when Ronnie Coleman stated "everyone wants to get big and strong but no one wants to lift heavy ass weights."
Yeah Meow,But if you're really honest with yourself, at the deepest level, the A isn't what you really want. Sure if you look to other people, then society may very well define you getting an A as success.
But ultimately, that will not make you any happier or more fufilled.
Ultiamtely, the only joy you can experience is in the present moment. Not from external validation.
So really, a much more powerful goal would be to educate yourself to the highest possible standard. To love the process and enrich yourself with knowledge that you can apply and ultimately help other people. And so, there's no more wanting involved because this goal can be acheived right now.
Bateman this is actually a bit too spiritual woo woo. Be a bit more grounded with it. It's also about incremental steps/goals/rewards. The "path" of success.
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
Manwhore wrote:
What he's getting at is the true kind of goal setting. The kind that actually works and WILL make you successful. If you are concentrating on the outcome, e.g. the cash money ho's, you're not going to be focused on actually producing "value" and developing your gift into something fucking awesome. It's like my coaching program or this forum. I've focused on pouring myself into it, developing it into something that helps people massively, the success came AFTER this happened.Lol I believe this was summarized best when Ronnie Coleman stated "everyone wants to get big and strong but no one wants to lift heavy ass weights."
LOL
patrick.bateman wrote:
Yeah Meow,But if you're really honest with yourself, at the deepest level, the A isn't what you really want. Sure if you look to other people, then society may very well define you getting an A as success.
But ultimately, that will not make you any happier or more fufilled.
Ultiamtely, the only joy you can experience is in the present moment. Not from external validation.
So really, a much more powerful goal would be to educate yourself to the highest possible standard. To love the process and enrich yourself with knowledge that you can apply and ultimately help other people. And so, there's no more wanting involved because this goal can be acheived right now.
Bateman this is actually a bit too spiritual woo woo. Be a bit more grounded with it. It's also about incremental steps/goals/rewards. The "path" of success.
Fuck you're right.
I think with anything, initially it's easy to become too polariazing and to take it to the extreme. I'll be sure to be much more practical.
I think I even got the sense that Tolle doens't even want people to take it too far. That you can fully appreciate the stuff you have in your life and your accomplishments, as long as you don't become too attached to them.
Manwhore wrote:
patrick.bateman wrote:
Yeah Meow,But if you're really honest with yourself, at the deepest level, the A isn't what you really want. Sure if you look to other people, then society may very well define you getting an A as success.
But ultimately, that will not make you any happier or more fufilled.
Ultiamtely, the only joy you can experience is in the present moment. Not from external validation.
So really, a much more powerful goal would be to educate yourself to the highest possible standard. To love the process and enrich yourself with knowledge that you can apply and ultimately help other people. And so, there's no more wanting involved because this goal can be acheived right now.
Bateman this is actually a bit too spiritual woo woo. Be a bit more grounded with it. It's also about incremental steps/goals/rewards. The "path" of success.
Fuck you're right.
I think with anything, initially it's easy to become too polariazing and to take it to the extreme. I'll be sure to be much more practical.
I think I even got the sense that Tolle doens't even want people to take it too far. That you can fully appreciate the stuff you have in your life and your accomplishments, as long as you don't become too attached to them.
Agreed. He's also said violence may at times be the answer. Fucking OG Tolle
I go in and I'm crisp, clean and my vocals are fucking coming out like music. - Anonymous MW student
- Autismus Terminus Finis (Root Cause/Cure of Autism Epidemic)
- Called Off My Wedding & Other Turn Tail Signs Of The American Male
I've been thinking about goal setting, and this post a lot lately, and I've came to the conclusion that my goals within game itself are flawed. My drive to be successful with women is too heavily influenced by a need to be cool, and a need to display dominance. Realistically, this is what 99% of dudes out there are reaching for, self validation. That 1% that can confidently say they have good game, rarely focus on such concepts.
Too have good game, I must be in it for the right reasons...
To be a real lady killer, I must want to bang ho's because I feel as if it will benefit their life. I must claim entitlement by keeping the mindset that they will help women experience sexual adventures and a higher level of conciousness. It shouldn't be about me gaining anything, it should be about me sharing myself with girls.
I remember Elliot Hulse saying "Men are meant to spread their seed". This is the what i'm talking about.
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