2004-08-14-Lesson on Motivation

Session 1

August 14, 2008

Lesson

Allow Me to lead you into the subject of motivation, and what it is that motivates humans. Usually a human being just acts, hardly ever giving a thought as to why he or she acts in a certain way, because most acts are instinctive and have become habits, which are ingrained, and therefore also hard to change. Underneath all of this, however, is a cause which has been set in motion, and which is part of motivation.

The subject of motivation needs careful scrutiny, as it has different layers. There is conscious motivation, where the human will is involved. There is sub-conscious motivation, which has become habit, and there is super-conscious motivation, which is more often involved at a higher level of spirituality. We will mainly spend some moments considering conscious motivation and the thoughts which drive this. It has everything to do with the level of conscious awareness. Few humans ever give a thought to what motivates them, and yet it determines their quality of life, their relationships, and their control over their habits. Usually, also, when there is little or no self-control, their addictions gain the upper hand.

Motivation is the key to everything. One may be motivated to study, to learn, to cultivate oneself, to move to attain goals in life, and much more. As steady companions, motivation needs sincerity and honesty, because everything one chooses to do, or decides not to do, becomes either laudable and leads to feelings of satisfaction of a life well-lived when looking back at an older age. It can also mean looking back on a life with much regret, guilt of having missed opportunities, hurt feelings, and anger, which is usually miss-directed at others. The cause of unhappiness is often the result of miss-directed motivation, and wrong choices and decision making.

You get an inkling of just how complicated you can make your life, when motivation goes awry, especially when you act without thought of the consequences of your actions and in extenuating circumstances, where others try to make up your mind for you. So now we come to the free will, which the Creator has gifted you with, and of course Me, your Inner Pilot. You have the freedom to always come to Me in the Stillness and ask Me to motivate you.

This then becomes your super-conscious motivation, and this decision you will never regret. Actually you might even at a certain point in life say, ‘I ought to have asked my Thought Adjuster first,’ or you might say, ‘I wish I had listened to my Inner Pilot.’ It matters not what name you give Me, for I Am part of you, forever, if it is your desire also, as we move slowly and steadily in the direction of becoming one . . . depending on your motivation and decision making.

Session 2

August 15, 2008

Lesson

Today’s lesson will begin by us re-examination motivation and the meaning of the word. Each person has their own interpretation, because of the reason for it and the intent behind it. The act is the outward manifestation as to what motivates people inwardly. Most acts are done by rote, as they have become expressed by habit. This is not where we are going with this subject. We want to examine the deepest motivation as to what makes people ‘tick’. It is a delving deep within the human psyche. Some people are so purely motivated, because their intent and thoughts are way above those of the mainstream of humanity, not that there is anything wrong with being a ‘main-stream’ average thinker, for they are the backbone of society.

They are the willing workers who see to it that the job gets done, but one can always ‘rise above’ main-stream level of thinking through self-education. Then there are the un-motivated thinkers, who somehow are too lazy to think deeply, or not capable, and who allow everything to ‘happen’ to them, because it has not occurred to them that they, too, have the choice to think differently.

You see, it is all in how motivated you are to either think deeply, and get into an act if you are inspired enough, or to let others motivate you to spur you on, and then spring into action. Motivation also depends on the level of awareness, of conscious awareness, of present-centered awareness in living. Does one live consciously with clarity of mind, or does one live by rote with a lesser clear thinking ability, or by being befuddled by drug dependency, and or too many chemicals and pesticides, a blight which is slowly making its way all over the planet. Motivation depends on inspirational insight, and then on goal-setting leading to self-discipline in carrying on despite all obstacles. Sometimes motivation slacks off, because of circumstances beyond the mortal’s control, or a kind of laziness creeps in occasioned by temptation.

Inspiration may come to motivate the person to a ‘higher’ level of thinking, and a sagging faith gets renewed with a thrust into inspirational motivation, and a renewed hope that all is well. And so the mortal grows in his or her striving to attain the goal. Inspirational motivation is the highest motivation when it originates within the human mind itself. The mind has attained a high level of independence by striving to listen to the Inner Guide resident in that mind. It is motivated to think clearly and in this manner, brings forth more fruits of the spirit, when it begins to act more on that Inner Guidance, which the mortal receives in the daily periods of Silence as it has learned to turn within, even in its busiest moments. This is the highest and purest motivation.