Peter Ouspensky spoke about the fact that we often make aims that are too big
for us to achieve. At this point at the beginning of the cycle of a new year, there
is the cliche of a New Year's resolution, lose weight, etc.
Not a bad thing, but most people likely find themselves deviating from the aim,
we are organic beings, and it takes a major shock, change, or a driving energy
to accomplish any real aim.
Think, Mr. Gurdjieff spent, as he said, ten years writing Beelzebub, he said he came
to hate paper, pencil and writing. Still, he completed that aim, but it took a regular
daily effort, obviously there were days where perhaps he did not write, but still the book
exists because of a man writing, or dictating in restaurants and on trips.
A huge effort of commitment.
Mr. Ouspensky said, we start out with big aims, we need aims that can "fit in our pocket".
Do something small, a whim, but accomplish it well. Change in the next five minutes.
Something small and achievable.
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