The Self

Seeing dos as musts rather than products of willpower and motives. Sure, willpower and motive play a significant role in pushing us through to satisfy our dos. There is something that needs to be done and, conceptually, it should be done. Why does one need to have a will and motive to do so? Whether conscious or subconscious, there are hidden wills and motives at some point. To do or be better, depending on what you believe "better" to be in your circumstances. The way I hear it, I can frame it as an engine. But then, if I put it like that, there might be some kind of fuel for when it runs out. What would the fuel be? Well, reminding The Self about the North Star. That level of understanding—that "beneath the abstraction" understanding you want to hit and get. That vague picture of how the world would be, how you will comprehend the world around you at that point, how it will be by then, how the lifestyle will be by then... and that would be enough for everyday dos? Isn't that too faithful a reliance, then? But there is nothing wrong with faith. It is mostly subjectively reasonable—this reliance on something for something. But then, the backing force for something can be easily misinterpreted or shallowly simplified by the observer. "If he is into doing X, then it’s because he wants Y," or "he is Y," or "he is passionate about Y," etc. Which is way too reducing for a single cause or trait.

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