This Is Exactly What You Wanted

[@ice-ds1nk]

thank you for this,this is exactly what i wanted and i am exactly where i'm supposed to be!

[@dbrydon5121]

Or it’s an iterative cycle?! A journey that you’ve never seen before (exactly) but you have really (repeated behaviours). Outcome? Goal? Target? I suspect it’s a balance between what you want and where you e been. I mean, we can’t even prove we have free will. Should we not just ride the wave? Figure out on the fly, every bump in the wave using experience we gain on the way. My end goal has shifted so many times but the stepping stones of hindsight are regularly an ah-ha moment. I agree with trust the process. It’s a balancing act, depressed is the need for deep rest as an example. Do you wonder if the focus on the goal creates the fear and the pain and the struggle? I wonder if letting go of trying to control the process of path creation relieves you of the pain?

[@kat.eleftheriou]

Letting go is vital in being able to enjoy the moment, but it's also the most terrifying thing to do. You have to risk the potential of things going badly in order to truly indulge in all the good.

[@dbrydon5121]

@@kat.eleftheriou here’s hoping for the bad to happen. Life is suffering after all. We create our own suffering anyway, just ask the celebrities that ‘have it all’ but still suffer. I have a thought experiment that wonders what AI will do once it becomes sentient. My guess is that it chooses to experience pain and discomfort. The Yin Yang of living. Without one you can’t have the other, our bodies and brains literally create the physical changes that balance us out. Cold shower first and you’ll have a rush of endorphins after, eat a load of chocolate icecream and you’ll feel good at first then terrible later. Thoughts?