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@Saarah I believe ego has its purpose.

Its an interesting question you have there. My opinion is that, well... for everybody to understand where happiness comes from you can say it comes from within. There are tons of people who look at the materialistic world for happiness(me included sometimes). Not everybody practices enlightenment/Meditation and are aware of what it is. for me its easy to understand that it comes from within because you can still make a conscious choice to be happy insead of becoming happy by some "outer" circumstance. Maybe the ego is taking this inner outer too far by analyzing and questioning everything in order to stay intact.

@Saarah

Why take Massive action? and why do it now?

@Bronsoval Interesting/Intrigiung reply

@Blaze35 True, how would you go about creating the desire to realize something?

@Ajax Thats exactly it. your life ends.... and then?

@Saarah You should become a poet/writer with that creative mind of yours

@J. M. Wigglesworth Please share? I might need to refresh my mind on those. I have no problem working my goals. I have set out on a quest a few years back and I am on the edge of "making it" so to speak but I feel/think theres a subtle fear going on. My mind says "I'm fearless" and in general I put my whole being into what I'm doing/about to do by setting aside the thoughts that arise. anyhow on this quest its like my whole being tries to aviod it at all cost.

@Pelin Thank you for your input, I noticed that you wrote your reply in the past... which is good reasons as to why to take massive action. basically your "should" and "can" reasons were turned into a "must" at that time. We need a compelling reason to continually do this in the present? From my observation, in general, Passion is a rare trait in people

@Blaze35 I kept it more general to see the opinion of others on their reasons for taking massive action now... could you ellaborate on the several possible (and interesting) perspectives to motivation ?

@99th_monkey My mind can come up with reasons as to why not. excuses actually, I am looking for a profound reason why.

@Saarah Well this seems like something I can relate to

@MIA.RIVEL Wow Mia Thank you so much! you just saved my day. I was having so much trouble finding like minded people(I have outgrown my old friends) and now I have found a ton of them.

Anybody have any good guided meditations to share?

@Teags the enlightened realises what it is

listen to your heart

@AylaI am not sure but if i have to answer this myself i would say that the llusion is that you are not your body nor your mind/thoughts and ego plays a role in it. making sense of where we truly come from(nature) and where society has evolved to be i.e. in cities with governments and jobs, and technology... It is easy to get attached to the idea that this is your true nature and with it comes the dogmatic beliefs that are being told by others(parents and other role models) caught in the illusion that have been told the same. I think as a generalization people have a need to be needed and a want to feel sense of belonging with others, so they look up to others follow/take on their beliefs without ever questioning it.(questioning a belief deeply seated causes cognitive dissonance)

@Ayla Could you please explain the illusion? Is the Illusion the fact that you are not your body or mind and that people tend to think they are their thoughts?

@Oleg F That looks more like a goal and if you work toward it you WILL attain it.

Can you control your thoughts?

@Saarah I know the feeling of draining yourself out. your story is a bit too vague for me to point you into the right direction and leaves space for many possible answers. I can tell you that resisting a thought will increase the tension. like the war on terror created more terror.

Good question@Ayla