"How can I achieve my goals and live fully?"
The art of living fully by tapping into greater intelligence
Sadhguru, the Indian mystic and yogi, talks about the difference between being goal oriented and being life oriented.
In one you go all out for a particular goal. Focused. Almost ignoring other aspects of life.
In the other, you live with full intensity in every moment. Participating fully. Whether that moment logically aligns with your goals or not.
What’s fascinating is that…
The goals and the path to them come from the same source. So by living fully in every moment, we are actually living the path. That is the magic.
It is when we try to force a fixed, focused plan in our minds onto reality that’s when we suffer. That’s when we don’t live fully. That’s when we think this narrow focus and the suffering it requires is a necessity to achieve our goals.
Sometimes it is. Sometimes it’s not.
I get stuck on the bridge
But here’s what I notice in myself. I get an idea I’m genuinely excited about. And instead of acting on it, I delay, because it doesn’t fit the fixed plan I already have in my head. I overthink. I try to force my limited mental plan instead of tapping into what the universe is actually offering me at that moment.
I never close the gap between intent and action. I get stuck on the bridge.
Closing the gap
Bruce Lee, the brilliant martial artist and philosopher, talks about exactly this. When you close the gap between intent and action, you achieve so much more in life.
This means acting on our intuition and introducing some spontaneity in our lives but also we need to work on our subconscious programming. So that how we truly want to act…is how we actually act.
When we act, we are fully present tapping into our intuition…or when we don’t have a choice, we have programmed our subconscious or autopilot enough to make decisions on our behalf that are the best fit actions in the moment.
Intuition is the universe talking
The way we live fully in every moment, and not just for our goals, is to let intuition guide. You get an idea → you act.
Even if it’s an imperfect or small action without letting doubt, fear, or thinking convince you otherwise.
And our intuition?
It is the intelligence that connects us to the whole universe.
Itzhak Bentov, a fascinating scientist, inventor and mystic who studied consciousness, says the universe is holographic, each part holds a connection to the whole.
That information is accessed in relaxed, meditative states. But it’s also accessed through intuition…when the mind is still.
And how does the mind stay still in daily life?
When we’re immersed in action. Fully engaged. Not thinking about the future or how the outcome will be. Just taking action.
There’s beauty in simplicity.
My note to self
So my note to self and to whoever is here is this:
Move from goal orientedness to life orientedness.
Stop forcing a path you believe is required for your goals…and start participating fully in every present moment.
Make quick decisions and actions as a means to live fully.
The dots will connect later. They always do.
You don’t need to worry about reaching your goals.
Life force is intelligent. It will find its way. And it’s guiding you through your intuition, towards your goals.
Stop getting stuck on the bridge.