Total Consciousness

Chapter-2: Motivation and Fun

Outline of Article:

• Introduction
• The First Interconnected Question of Consciousness
• Thank you

Introduction

     To fully understand the expanding details of consciousness, there needs to be a chapter dedicated to the analysis of motivation and fun. Often, these two concepts are confused for one another. But they are not one and the same function. In fact, they each serve two distinct roles in evolution. However, there is a strong interconnected bond that exists between motivation and fun.

     To be precise, my claim here is that motivation and fun are both functions of consciousness. And, in order to substantiate this claim, I focus on seven interconnected questions of consciousness, with respect to motivation and fun.

     First, what are the factors of motivation? Second, why does a person experience low motivation? Third, why does motivation fluctuate in the presence of others? Fourth, what are the factors of fun? Fifth, why does fun fluctuate in the presence of others? Six, what is the connection that exists between motivation and fun? And, seven, what is the rule of misery?

The First Interconnected Question of Consciousness:

What are the factors of motivation?

     There are a vast number of ways each person may define the finer intricacies of motivation; but there is a general set of factors which, overall, captures the meaning and purpose of motivation. For this chapter, I will only consider three main factors which produce motivation. Specifically, motivation is the product of: value, expectation and willpower. Moreover, I claim that each of these factors act as multiplicative factors to produce motivation in life. Meaning that, all three factors must exist in order for motivation to exist.

     Before answering this first interconnected question, it is important to define exactly what I mean by each factor of motivation.

     Value is the free-will to assign an amount of worth to something in reality.

     Expectation is the free-will to assign an amount of belief in reality to something that has occurred, is occurring, or will occur, regardless of proof or in contradiction to proof.

     Willpower is the free-will to act in a participatory manner with reality.

     A few comments are needed before continuing on. First, each of the three factors of motivation is a function of free-will, which means they are functions of consciousness. (See how free-will was defined in chapter one.) This is a critical observation to make; since the free-will in question is directly linked with the motivator in question. In other words, a person’s motivation is one hundred percent dependent on their choices in life—and not directly dependent on others.

     Furthermore, there appears to be an upper limit on how much value and expectation a person can assign in their life, for any given event in life. However, with training, it is possible to increase these limits to higher capacities.

     In addition, since willpower is a measure of action in physical reality, then this factor must function in a similar manner as a muscle. As such, training this factor of motivation will be critical in producing higher amounts of total motivation in life. This suggests that one main general goal in life is to regularly train one’s willpower, into a much stronger factor within personal motivation.

     Another important comment to make is that the numerical quantities within the factors of motivation are individualized. Meaning that, these numerical quantities will not be the same for each and every individual, even when considering the exact same event in reality. For example, consider eating broccoli.

The Broccoli Example:

Suppose that, in order for a human being to eat broccoli there needs to be at least 1,000 units of motivation to carry out this event in reality. Now, I personally don’t like the taste, smell and feel of broccoli; but I like the color and sight of it. So, I only assign a Value of 2 out of 100 in my life, for consuming it. However, I am aware of its health benefits, so I Expect it to be important to my life, if I consume it. Still, based on prior data, I believe in eating broccoli at a rate of 5 out of 100. As a result, in order to consume broccoli, my Willpower would need to be at least 100 units, to reach the minimum 1,000 unit requirement of eating broccoli. See, (2)(5)(100) = 1000.

     In contrast, a vegetarian will have different values for creating the exact same event in their life, and may assign: Value to be 50; Expectation to be 50; and, Willpower to be 10. Hence, from a vegetarian’s perspective they can easily produce a much higher amount of motivation, with respect to eating broccoli in their daily life. Once we multiple all factors, we have M= (50)(50)(10) = 25, 000 units of motivation.

     Notice, a person’s value and expectations for an event in life places different demands on a person’s willpower to participate in reality. However, the minimum requirements for a given event may still remain unchanged across individuals.

      At this point, I am now ready to provide an approximate answer the first interconnected question of consciousness, with respect to motivation and fun.

1. What are the factors of motivation?

Motivation is the product of three factors in a person’s life: value, expectation and willpower. And, in symbolic form: let M = motivation; v = value; e = expectation; and w = willpower, then one approximate definition of motivation in a person is:

               M = (v)(e)(w)                           Equation-1

Thank You

I appreciate your time in reading my blog post. Next Saturday I will upload the next part of Chapter-2: Motivation and Fun, from my unabridged book on metaphysics, Web of Consciousness: An Interconnected Life.