Tag: planning

Open the show

Posted on by philipdodson

We often get convinced by our mind to view life as like a series of rehearsals before we actually get round to life. Like a practice run, nearly always in the mind, setting out all the outcomes of doing something, instead of actually doing it.

We put things off, because of fear, and wait for the right time! Of course, the only right time is now as no other time exists beyond our minds.

Amazingly, we can only ever do things now, in this moment…that is the only time life is actually real, the rest is imaginary or memories of the past.

Yet we are always planning to be doing things other than doing them now. We schedule them into plans, endless plans and re-written plans. All of it to avoid actually doing.

We are here just once, why wait? Why rehearse these things in our minds? Why be worried about the fear of doing? Whatever happens, we can always deal with it.

We never know beyond now, so we just don’t know what might happen so there is no point in fearing it or speculating about it…it will be what it will be. Changing the focus to the doing now stops the thinking and worrying about the outcome.

Stop rehearsing and open the show…the world is waiting for you.

Planning and how it is counter-productive

Posted on by philipdodson

Planning has its place, however, when planning becomes the focus, the doing becomes second place. Often, the doing never gets done, as the planning obsession creates the psychological fear that always sabotages action.

Planning is by the very nature a mind-construct of the fiction that is the future, a thought in our head. The future always creates uncertainty, as it is not now, not real and not known. So when we focus on it all the time then it sabotages.

When we get sucked into the planning, it actual becomes a diversion, an excuse, a get-out from the doing. This because excessive thinking has created doubt and anxiety.

The joy of doing something in this moment, the only time we can do anything, then builds the habit of wanting to do more. Whereas planning does the opposite, it creates thought, which creates hesitancy, which then creates further thought and so the cycle continues.

A quick plan, and then back to the present moment, and do it now. Anything more is counter-productive.