Motivation

So we'll start off to talk a little bit for the next couple of days, see if we can bore you to death or something like that. So in as much I never have anything prepared, we'll just start off with whereever the spirit leads the thing to start. So I though tonight I would see what motivates us? What turns me into action? So are we self determined, or are we other determined? You know, we're all determined what we're gonna do in some way or other. So somebody told me not long ago, in fact they've told that for a good many years, that most people by the time they're 65 years old are unable to care for themselves entirely, they have to have someone else to do it, and somebody else look after them. And a very few percent of them, like 5% of them can care for themselves. So I don't know why we should wait until 65 do you Kenna? I think we might as well start now. So if I am other determined, I'm determined this to go into whatever behavior or action, we'll use that as an interchangable word, behavior or action, that I might take. It is determined either by self or another, or something other outside myself. Now what we are all interested in is our inner state of being, or our inner feeling if you want to call it that. Now if you feel real wonderful inside it really doesn't matter to much what is going on, is that right? If you were miserable inside, even though you were sitting in a mansion with 2 Roll Royces out the door, and chauffers to run 'em, maids running all over the place, if you were miserable inside you would still be miserable regardless, is that right?
So, when we are self determined, we are determined by our awareness or our intellect, or whatever word you would care to use, as to determine as to how I want to feel. Now we say intelligence. Now, when we are other determined we are dependent on circumstances, or we are determined on other persons, or accidental feeling. Now, everybody seems to be very interested in there feeling. But very few have discovered that you can take charge of your entire feeling. They let the feeling determine them. so if somebody comes along and treats us very very nicely, and pats us on the back, tells us how wonderful we are, tells us how wonderful we look. We feel pretty good for a few minutes, unless something jumps up on the inside and says; oh, there's just trying to be nice to you, it's really not true. Did you ever have that one happen, you know, somebody come up, gave you a very nice compliment, tells you how wonderful you were, but you heard a little voice on the inside of your head sayin' they're just kiddin' they really don't mean it. Quite often we have a lot of people that walks through the door, and we talk to them and so I try to have something reasonably complimentary to say, because I do see things complimentary about every person I ever run in to. And they say; I wish you wouldn't kid me' you know they wouldn't buy it no matter what you tell them. If you say; well you're standing up' they'd say; barely'
And of course if you live in a part of the country where if you say; it's a lovely day' they say; well it's not to bad' and if you say; That was certainly a good dinner' they say; Well, that was right tolerable' You know, you just really can't stand a compliment all the way that things are really all right. I think there's a superstition about that, if you say it's alright it's going to turn out bad, is that right? So, this little voice we have that goes on in the inside is also another thing. So we will put along here with circumstances and other persons, and accidental feelings,we'll put inner talking. Now, I think we all know about that inner talking,I use the word not-I's