I read an excellent paper on motivation, It describes the flow state as being the ultimate state of motivation. “Flow is characterised by complete immersion in an activity, to the degree that nothing else matters.”

How to get there ?

I believe the absence of negative self-talk is necessary and again self-acceptance especially if doubt is present. In the Meditation Mastery practise they encourage to observe; through observation comes illumination, if you doubt then observe the doubt without judgement until you absorb its energy. It is a bit like doing the thing you fear.
If negative self-talk are really too big then a EFT cure can do the trick especially if you can work on the issues behind the negative self-talk.

A reward must be present and the reward must be big enough to the point it gives a strong sense of fulfilment.
When I decided to the Love Meditation 6 hours a day for a couple of months I Had to stay 100 % motivated, reward such if I do the Love Meditation like this 6 months at the end of that period I will be rewarded with XY doesn’t work because 6 months is too far in the future and the effort are simply too big instead I found a small weekly reward in the feeling of improvement, I mean that each week I would feel the effect of the Love Mediation stronger, that’s the way I keep myself motivated about 1 month and half in the program I could see the effect not only in me but also around…as I wrote in my past article about my experience this reinforced my motivation to keep going…
To keep the daily routine strong in motivation I was seeking an improvement each day.

Now some practises don’t give daily or even weekly improvement that was the case when I started to work with Chi-charging combined with Chakra development (with Xtrememind Kundalini Activator 2), progression are on a monthly basis.
That’s why if you start something stick at it for at least 40 days because many practises start to show result after a month or more.
Here, I have to say that reading stories of other adept who have been successful can be of a help.

Creative visualisation – I have been good at this and it works to stay focused and motivated each night , I visualized my ideal day complete from morning to night, It did very well for me, however, it is not necessary to visualise a full day especially if you just want to improve a “performance”, just visualize the perfect execution of it over and over again.

“I never hit a shot, not even in practice, without having a very sharp, in-focus picture of it in my head. First I see the ball where I want it to finish, nice and white and sitting up high on the bright green grass. Then the scene quickly changes, and I see the ball going there; its path, trajectory, and shape, even its behavior on landing. Then there is a sort of fade-out, and the next scene shows me making the kind of swing that will turn the previous images into reality.”
Source: Jack Nicklaus

The hit documentary “The secret” is still of actuality here with visualisation. Another important thing is to never ever compare your result with those of someone else, may be, you will start the Love Meditation 6 hours during 6 or more months but your progression can be completely different than mine, that can be very frustrating if you want the exact same result.

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