Spirituality and Planning : What is your experience with it?

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No matter what your goals, you should know that writing out your

plans gives you a far better shot at making them happen. In fact,

written goal-setting is a phenomenally powerful act as demonstrated

by a number of high-profile cases.

 

 

A compelling example of the power of written goal-setting is

represented in a 1979 survey of Harvard University students which

found that 84 percent of them did not set goals. Another 13 percent

of them did set goals, but didn't bother to write them down. And

only 3 percent of the graduating class had written goals and an

action plan. Ten years later, researchers resurveyed the group. The

13 percent with unwritten goals were earning double the income of

those with no goals. But here's the whopper: the 3 percent of the

student population with written goals earned 10 times as much as the

other 97 percent!

 

 

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I think those who combine natural talents

with discipline, organization and planning

.... succeed!

 

 

>>What is the spiritual importance of planning?

How does planning relate to peace?

 

 

Through careful inquiry into their purpose,

goals, wants... they get more in touch with

themselves and find out what is truly important

to them.

 

Through setting inquired goal, making informed

plans to achieve them... they get to understand

their functioning, their behavior, their character,

habits and limitation better. They get to understand

themselves better and they get to understand what

they can realistically expect from themselves and what

they can not.

 

Through understanding their own limitation and potentials

- they also get to become more understanding towards the

limitation and potential of others.

 

Those who make inquired, examined goals and plans and

take time to really understand and write them - become more

aware of themselves. They get to examine, underrated and

decide their priorities. Doing so eliminates confusion and clutter

from their mind and gives way to clear space that allows

clear thinking [or clear peace] to flow.

 

Through their inquiry, examination and decisions on their

course of action - they eliminate need of repeated, cyclic

thinking.

 

By making goals, plans and by executing them - then

by examining the results and process - they get to understand

that the results are not always in their control. Further, they

get to understand that the process of mental discipline and

focus and process of creativity itself is greatly rewarding.

Process [also known as karma] is where their true power

lies and this is also where their greatest reward lies.

 

Mental discipline and focus [and its resultant peace]

is its own reward.

 

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I think those who don't carefully inquire into their

desires, wants, goals and purpose - lack clear understanding

of themselves. Those who don't inquire into their priorities

and plan accordingly those who don't execute their plans with focus

and discipline - understand themselves less and are less aware of

themselves.

 

Less awareness of one's purpose, priorities, capabilities

and course of actions results into repetitive thinking as things are

not clear to the mind. It also results into many stressful thoughts

like " I could have done that " , " I should have done that " , " why did I

do this " , " why I didn't do that " . Whereas, a person who has fully

inquired into his purpose and priorities and has planned accordingly

and has lived with focus, clarity [because of understanding purpose,

priority and process] - knows it is doing [and has done] the best it

can [or could have]! Knowing that it is doing the best it can - such

a person has no need of stressful thoughts like " I could have " , " I

should have " .

 

 

....

 

Whenever I have planned with inquiry and its resultant clarity

and have executed it with metal discipline and focus -

I have received greater Peace!

 

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What is your experience with planning?

 

 

 

>>To make a plan is limiting. You divide the world into: this is

welcome. This is not.

 

That is not my experience. In my experience, planning leads to

*inquired* Aware action.

 

 

>>Explore how you react to the stuff that is not welcome. Eventually,

it will happen.

 

And, *awareness* of that possibility brings gratitude, humility

and compassion. In my view, a person who engages in aware [inquired,

planed] action has better chances of understanding his/her

limitation than a person who is unconscious [has no idea] of what

and why he/she is doing.

 

 

>>Does planning feel like a happy life to you?

 

It does sound like a peaceful life.

 

Inquiry into purpose and priorities, then careful planning and

execution with mental discipline and focus simply eliminates

the need for lot of extra, repetitive thinking. And, when that

happens I experience clarity and peace.

 

What is your experience with it?

 

 

 

Love,

ac.