How to do anything, realizing that the body is the mind?

[Edvard]

Something weird strucked me today, right now. I'm sitting on my bed with albows on my thighs, totally paralyzed, because I realized that I don't know how to do anything. How do I stand up? I can just make a «decision» to stand up, and then it just happens... that's magic man... there's no way I can explain it. Do the thoughts determine it? Probably not, but the thoughts could be a basis for making the decision to stand up, after evaluating certain outcomes. But then what ultimately makes it happen? I decide... and it happens... but how is this decision defined? And how does it happen? Is it that the body is the mind, and the decision is part of the dream, and really illusory? How do I make the decision to change my life? I have all these thoughts saying this and that, a lot of noise, but then I could make an intellectual decision, but THEN I also have to evaluate whether it's worth the effort to get up. And maybe I bite the bullet and eventually get up, but having no idea how I did it, and then I did it without even knowing how to do it... how is that possible? I guess it's possible in a dream. Consciousness can produce it... but then again, we also wanna be practicle. How do I get up?

[YaNanNallari]

You don't have to get the biggest thing first. If you want to though, sure. You get up by getting up. That is the answer if you ask me

[Edvard]

16 minutes ago, YaNanNallari said:

You don't have to get the biggest thing first. If you want to though, sure. You get up by getting up. That is the answer if you ask me

Right, but how could this be applied to be better at taking action? Maybe there is no simple answer. Maybe it's just supposed to be a struggle in order ro achieve things. Or just training the mind to make less noise..

[Cudin]

Welcome to the freewill mindfuck. Get comfy, it gets worse before getting better. 

 

[Edvard]

@Cudin Yeah, that too, and it's very related to this... but also the idea that a «nonmaterial» «decision» can make body parts move is also beyond words mindfucking.

Edited June 19, 2018 by Edvard