It is time for me to learn daily discipline and self control, because they''re hindering my progress

Here's the gist of the post: I can make myself sit down and write nonstop for a given period of time, the last five years of writing have trained me to sit down for 30 minutes, an hour whatever, to be able to write. I can live by a timetable if made to, it's hard, but not impossible and eventually I get to the flow of it and get quite good at controlling the direction of my life. So I'm not quite a leaf blowing on a river, more of a fish at this point. The progress has been great, and I've got to the phase where actually getting better at skills, practice, needs more self discipline, control over one's mind. Brute-force willpower can only take one so far, and the more substantive ability to shape one's desire, and shape the direction of one's learning needs a greater control over one's self, and that comes with meditative practice.

The next step I'm planning of taking is to keep doing what I am already doing, and improve on those practices using meditation. I will start attempting a good meditative practice one's again, and the difference will be that this time I know exactly why it's important, and how useful it is for one's well-being. It's of course important for one's general emotional wellbeing, to stay content, to stay 'stable', but more importantly (in this specific context), a strong meditative habit will allow be to improve in other skills I'm kinda slowing down on because I don't have the strong mental skills that are most easily acquired through meditation.

I know meditation is important, now I understand how it's useful too. I know now how to actively use meditation to make life easier. This will help me focus and direct my energies towards longer and more consistent practice of meditation.

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