Motivation

Content/Authors/Shashank Rajesh/Skillful Thirst.md

Skillfully exploiting one’s desires can be effective in accelerating progress.

Too much and one is overcome with thirst, too little and one loses interest. The goal is to maximize the tension without collapsing.

Recall when the Buddha incentivized Ven. Nanda with celestial nymphs, ultimately leading to him to remain a monk and become enlightened.

Self imposed restrictions for tension are less effective than hard restrictions from circumstantial impossibilities.

When experiencing abundance, this can be achieved with measured sacrifice to keep oneself sufficiently “impoverished” and therefore hungry.

Karmic balances and long term investments to keep money inaccessible.

Two kinds of thirst: human and [heavenly]{.spurious-link target=“Shashank Rajesh/Productive Heaven”}.

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Start by recollecting [Terms/Suffering]{.spurious-link target=“Terms/Suffering”}, then recollect:

• [Terms/Freedom]{.spurious-link target=“Terms/Freedom”}

  • Monkhood

• Arupasukha

• Rupasukha

• Devasukha

• [Authors/Shashank Rajesh/Gihisukha]{.spurious-link target=“Authors/Shashank Rajesh/Gihisukha”}

These are superior existences (or in the case of freedom, transcendence thereof) which can act as motivators of progress.

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Motivational Activities

• Hunger-consumption
• Thirst-hydration
• Discomfort-adjustment
• Cold-warming
• Hot-cooling
• Headache-resting
• Fatigue-resting
• Pain-escaping
• Injury-treating

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Universal Intention

With each action, intend: “May all beings be free of stress.”

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Good Stuff

Good stuff, real and simulated as a fallback. To be used as carrots on the stick of progress, dependent on one’s moods and tastes which are ever changing and unreliable.

1. Good weather

   • Sunny clear skies, with maybe a touch of clouds
   • Perfectly warm weather with a nice humid breeze
   • Birds singing
   • Animals playing
   • People enjoying themselves
   • Good vibes

2. Health

   • Energetic and healthy
   • A subtle and consistent bodily pleasure
   • Good mental feeling, enthusiastic and motivated.
   • Always well rested, plenty of sleep

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3. Wealth

   Plenty of assets and cash, able to travel, stay, eat, drink, buy, enjoy, etc. in relative luxury. Ability to start and quickly grow any projects you wish.

4. Connections

   Know lots of quality people that can help you achieve what you want to achieve, and give good company and advice that is wholesome and skillful, encouragment towards the goal.

5. Be generous and helpful

   Help all beings, inspire and encourage them to their betterment, make much merit by becoming a light unto the world.

6. Respect, reputation, and fame

7. Drinks

   • Pure clean water
   • Fruit juices

8. Food

   • Gourmet quality healthy food and snacks
   • Fresh top quality fruits
   • Premium snacks

9. Shelter and environment

   • Always the perfect humidity and temperature
   • Nice and pleasant atmosphere

10. Music

    • The best music, automatically mixed and synced to current mood and environment, controlled by you on a high declarative level

Related topics (AI recommended)

These notes consider how desire can be directed toward the project’s goals. Merit and renunciation describe two relevant orientations for practice.

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