Control Of Consciousness Determines The

We Cannot Deny The Facts Of Nature, But We Should Certainly Try To Improve On Them.

Only Direct Control Of Experience, The Ability To Derive Moment-by-moment Enjoyment From Everything We Do, Can Overcome The Obstacles To Fulfillment.

...if We Expended All Our Energies Solely On Taking Care Of Our Own Needs We Would Stop Growing. In That Respect What We Call "soul" Can Be Viewed As The Surplus Energy That Can Be Invested Into Change And Transformation. As Such, It Is The Cutting Edge Of Evolution.

Each Of Us Is Born With Two Contradictory Sets Of Instructions: A Conservative Tendency, Made Up Of Instincts For Self-preservation, Self-aggrandizement, And Saving Energy, And An Expansive Tendency Made Up Of Instincts For Exploring, For Enjoying Novelty And Risk-the Curiosity That Leads To Creativity Belongs To This Set. But Whereas The First Tendency Requires Little Encouragement Or Support From Outside To Motivate Behaviour, The Second Can Wilt If Not Cultivated.

Problems Are Solved Only When We Devote A Great Deal Of Attention To Them And In A Creative Way...to Have A Good Life, It Is Not Enough To Remove What Is Wrong With It. We Also Need A Positive Goal, Otherwise Why Keep Going? Creativity Is One Answer To That Question - It Provides One Of The Most Exciting Models For Living.