Driven by cultural imperatives and inner promptings, we drive ourselves into a frenzy of action day after day.
The urgency of what needs to be done and
limited time we have to do it excites us to become excessive in our activity.
Eventually, this force, which is kinetic, runs out, and we become tired, drained, and irritable.
What used to be states of high-productivity now slip into carelessness and error. And like a machine that has been pushed to an extreme, parts start to collapse.
Our health may collapse, or our relationships, or our finances. We experience stress and anxiety.
Yet given our obsession with finishing and completing and our myths about never quitting, we may continue to ruin ourselves.
All this distressing collapse can be easily resolved by simply learning to develop
other polarity.
And what is
other polarity? It is deep relaxation and introspection.
Deep relaxation is not spending more time watching television and introspection is not more time web-surfing.
Deep relaxation is stretching, walking in nature, spending time with loved ones, and doing soulful tasks. It is a goal-less activity, as gentle and undemanding as watching
moon rise above
clouds It's purpose is to experience being over doing. It's to bless your life with your awareness of being present to it.