Goals in Spiritual Practice

The goal is important only as an idea, the essential thing is the work that brings us towards the goal. [[ Carl Jung ]]

We cannot totally rid of goals

• Goals are everywhere in our lives (we may not frame them that way)
  • Driving, you have the “goal” to reach somewhere without getting into an accident
  • Maintaining a relationship
• The problems is not with goals
• Problems arise due to the [[ Ego ]]’s measurement and comparisons with others ( [[ comparison trap ]])
  • Notion of success invites that of failure
• We need a healthy attitudes toward goals
• Goals give our life nobility and meaning
• Sometimes our problem is not that we have too much desire bu that we don’t have enough (Talks - Beauty of Desire - Rob Burbea)
  • We are not passionate enough about anything
  • We are distracted by many meaningless desires

Goals in Buddhism

• The Buddha used the word striving a lot in the sutras
• He acknowledges that in the process of striving there will be dissatisfaction, and that’s ok
  • That can be included
• [[ Right Effort ]]
• 4 Bases of Success
  • Desire
  • Persistence
  • Full attentiveness
  • Ingenuity

Created on: 2021-02-26 Inspired by: Rob Burbea Related: Meditation | Buddhism | [[ Goals ]] Tags: #curate

Resources: Dharma Talk by Rob Burbea