mind your mind

We regularly plan for something and make a blueprint of it with a specific goal as an endpoint. We develop several steps in the back of the mind with the aim of reaching that goal. When each step is accomplished, we feel excited, but when our plan fails, we feel disappointed. Sometimes our target is decades away or thousands of  kilometers  far from us or physically invisible to us and distant from the present moment. Yet there is a propelling force that pulls us forward.   Where is the force generated from?  Expectation is that force which pulls us forward.  What is the expectation made of?   The expectation is nothing but a prefixed belief which involve pieces of memory, imagination, linked to an anticipated feel in a specific situation.  When an external situation achieved or encountered matches with the expectation, a particular feel is unlocked. The expected belief is subconsciously compared to the physical...

Expectation and Achievement Expectation and memory:  The expectation is a part of our memory. It is built from the verbal, imagery, kinesthetic information from memory. The labeling, whether it is wanted outcome or unwanted outcome, is decided by the emotions attached to the expected final outcome. The imagined or memorized imagery may be vague, unclear, or it may be vivid, clear and detailed. The memories and imagination which are clear have high chances to achieve them. Expectation and emotion:  Expectation can be a source of pleasure and pain. Fulfilling the expectation leads to pleasure, and unfulfilled expectations lead to pain and disappointment. When an expectation is fulfilled, it leads to happiness or reward. When that reward or happiness is accepted or enjoyed, it leads to expansion of the ego or tendency to have higher expectations. Any reward accepted leads to accumulation of the karma. Karma means being acted upon (by memory).  Accumulat...