‘Step back, look at early life’
As
we started out, on our trip through life, we were looking for signs, clues,
answers, etc., to questions involving both necessary, immediate action and
longer range (anticipatory) concerns.
This has been happening, since birth… but not that we were aware of, at
first. As we got older, we came to realize, more and more, that the direction,
we were headed in, consisted, mostly, of our ‘parental/guardian’ direction.
Soon, we were searching for our own personal goals (both long range and short).
(Perhaps, on ‘less conscious’ levels, we’d been doing this, all along,
without being aware of it.) We looked for clues/information to help us envision what might, likely, lie ahead,
or be nearby, now. When we found something interesting (but unknown), we were
motivated to ‘investigate’. Also, feeling that there may be more
‘investigative needs’, in the future, we tried to gather any information,
seeming to relate to any topics we might ‘anticipate’.
Such
information could come from many sources. We might, just, stumble across it,
but more likely, find it in the ‘more likely’ ‘places…places ‘visited’,
previously. That could be in a very ‘structured format’ (ie. classes, etc.),
or, just, from asking ’sources’, etc. We, probably, took actions,
or performed tests to find the most likely results. All of these methods
brought some results. Just how
well these have served (so far) pretty much, indicates ‘what works best’ in which
circumstances. The more we developed these ‘methods’, the more possibilities we
saw. Next, we ‘fine tuned’ them, for better results.
As
our knowledge grows, the more we appreciate it. We see it as a kind of ‘fuel’
for our trip through life. Developing a ‘thirst’ for
knowledge, we may become anxious, at times, and cut short the time we
spend choosing areas, we need to search in. Instead we’re busy ‘sucking
up’ any information that comes along. This wastes much more time and energy,
than it would take to choose sources with our eyes fully open! Also,
the excess ‘clutter’, we’re taking in, isn’t good.
Though we’re not aware of it, thoughts in subconscious levels can influence conscious activity, to considerable extent… eventually, they may ‘demand’ a better understanding of ‘what’s in our head’ (?)! In other words, they may distract us from more urgent activities. If we do not work, diligently, to filter data, coming at us, our ‘polluted’ minds lose ability to see, into the distance, with clarity.