Total Consciousness

Chapter-2: Motivation and Fun

Outline of Article:

• Chapter Two Highlights
• Thank you

Chapter Two Highlights:

Definitions

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.

Emotions are one form of free-will communication between the three types of consciousness, which are the result of specific chemical releases within the body.

Joy is an ostensibly positive emotion experienced within the body. Also, letting J = joy, h = happiness and p = pleasure, then J = h – p.

Happiness is a positive emotion that results from experiences, actions or thoughts in support of evolutionary positive development. In other words, happiness is based on: responsibilities for self and others; long term connection with others; positive contribution to self, to family and to community; mutual healthy communication with others; accomplishment of positive goals in life, in the pursuit of willpower development; and, not based on artificial influences, such as drugs. 

Pleasure is an ostensibly positive emotion that results from experiences, actions, and thoughts that are not in support of positive evolutionary development. In other words, pleasure is based on: hedonistic practices; self-centered lifestyle choices; ignoring personal, family and community responsibilities; deception of others for personal gain; manipulation of others for personal desire; and, the use of recreational drugs.

Seven Interconnected Questions of Consciousness:

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

2. Why does a person experience low motivation?

Since, motivation is defined as, ; then by the zero product rule, when M = 0, then at least v = 0 or e = 0 or w = 0. Alternatively, at least one of these factors may be very close to zero, when M is very close to zero.

6. What is the connection between motivation and fun?

The purpose of fun is to allow for the factor of willpower, within motivation, to: rest, recover and adapt. In greater detail, the quality and quantity of fun is dependent on the quality and quantity of willpower training practiced, first, within motivation. 

7. What is the rule of misery?

Misery loves company; and, misery will always try to instigate, manipulate and create chaos, pain and mayhem in the lives of others, if left unchecked.

Thank You

I appreciate your time in reading my blog post. Next Saturday I will upload the first part of Chapter-3: Reality and Evolution, from my unabridged book on metaphysics, Web of Consciousness: An Interconnected Life.