Where Does Motivation Originate?

THE UNDENIABLE DRIVE

Why do people jump out of planes, scale cliffs, and climb mountains? Participate in activities that are challenging and exhausting, both physically and mentally? Why do they, without thoughts of commendations or monetary riches, become teachers, travel to a country to help people who are starving, sick, or without resources, or enter a burning building to rescue others? Why do we search for a purpose and quest for our "Why"? 

The answer is more felt than understood and can be discovered in the way we live. Some activities allow us a glimpse of this feeling, which can be identified when we become so focused that we tap into what has been described as a universal consciousness.

We refer to this as being "in a (the) zone" or "in the moment." In the moment, there is no judgment, and time is relative. All you have experienced in life is, in effect, and everything you experience in the moment will be with you forever.

The answer is "The Undeniable Drive". "The Undeniable Drive" is the instinct to survive (self-preservation) and the essential to connect with life (spirit to live). (This may be akin to the Chinese philosophy of Yin and Yang.)

"The flesh wants to survive. The spirit wants to live."

sean corvelle