Role or Function of Laziness - (388)

Introduction – A Curious Observation

After some observation it seems that the effect of laziness is to always stop the flow of progress or the continuity of work progressive or not, on a project. Whenever we are working on something that requires the input of continuous effort over several days, weeks, months or even years, laziness is ever present.

Role or Function

The role or function of laziness is as we know, is all about resting, and that is true in any project or continuous work the law or rest and repose is present, so is the law of work or activity. The overall balance in any work is the choice of progress and completion. So the function of the law of rest and repose must not be the dominant one but must be there to complement the law of work. That is rest to replenish forces and ideas so to continue and work more efficiently.

Laziness is really that principle of rest and repose but exaggerated or taken out of the instincts or natural order and put into the mind where it goes out of proportion and becomes anti-progress or stagnation.

Hypnotic Grip

The hypnotic grip of laziness is always to convince us that we are tired and that we need to rest now and that we can work later. Of course when we do we lose the flow of work to be done and our progress gets delayed. Most of the time we are not tired, it only appears that way. If we were to just follow our instinctive centre we would not be lazy, but we follow the mind and we get it wrong.

Laziness Stops Progress

Laziness is against continuous progress. If the creators were lazy we would not have creation as complete as it is today. Nature is quite laborious; just observe how much effort the animals go to survive.

Setting a rest period is necessary, and this is where laziness steps. Laziness being in the mind is one sided and out of proportion and so it gets things wrong and ends up as being an obstacle to our creations and progress.

Laziness Stops Creation and Life

Laziness stops creation! If we were all lazy creation or life would go into a steep decline. Laziness is there to break the continuous flow of work to be done. It is the opposite of the laboriousness needed to work in our creations, projects and spiritual work. It is a destructive ego as well.

Overcome Laziness

The right thing to do is to work and enjoy working and love working but when necessary rest to recover strength, ideas so as to be able to work better. That is the right perspective on work and rest and so laziness becomes redundant, when we follow the instinct centre. When our work efforts become fruitless it is time to rest.

Conclusion

Laziness exists when there is a flow or line of work to be followed and carried out. It will always appear then. The way to step over laziness is to not believe that we need a rest just right now but later on after working. So work first then rest. Resting after working is delicious. Though resting out of laziness is guilt and that which gives you a headache and makes you strangely fatigued.

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