Just admit it…and surrender to the inevitable truth

[Joseph Maynor]

4 minutes ago, Jirh said:

Yes, absolutely. I believe.

When you set a goal for yourself, let's say something simple like drinking a glass of water, then you go and align with what it takes to do that, then eventually do it, then you have actually succeeded in drinking a glass of water.

It's a silly example, of course, but it shows how success is created, through intent and alignment and action.

What most people consider success is just that, amplified in effort and much more complex in the number of steps required.

What about the situation where you have an intention to do something for a long time and never actually do it.

[Jirh]

1 minute ago, Joseph Maynor said:

What about the situation where you have an intention to do something for a long time and never actually do it.

I'm not sure what the question here is about. I mean obviously, that would be a failure.

Intent is required but not enough. It's like fuel. A vehicle needs fuel to run, but fuel without an engine will not do anything.

Success requires all three components to occur. And even then, it's not guaranteed, because the environment factors in as well and can make things really hard sometimes.

Though, in the specific case you're describing, I would inquire into the intent itself. Is it authentic or fake? Is it internal or external? Like do you actually want what you think/say that you want? Or is it something you're not even convinced is worth pursuing. I think these questions can clarify if something is actually valuable to you or not.

Once that is sorted out, usually alignment comes naturally and pretty much effortlessly. That's why I think genuine desire is the essence of success. Without it, it would be very difficult to force yourself to do something, especially the more complex it is.

[Mellowmarsh]

“Alone” simply means the only one here. Only & One ..Call this pure awareness or whatever, in this artificial conception.

But this recognition goes much deeper and becomes more unsettling than that, how can “one thing” exist, exactly?

Well, One doesn’t, except as a “thought” which is dead. There’s only dead thoughts, even the thinker is a thought. 
The thoughts are never found in reality. That doesn’t negate them, they appear and disappear, for sure. But they’re not physical. Neither is the awareness of thought ever found, either, because awareness is not physical.

Point is, trying to find this “alone one”is like trying to shine a torch on darkness to illuminate darkness into existence. It’s impossible.