When Comparison Becomes a Reason to Stop
The Excitement That Crashes and What Hides Beneath
February 21, 2024
dialogue

When Comparison Becomes a Reason to Stop

Cuando la comparación se convierte en una razón para detenerse

A student describes how awareness of deeper spiritual practice has become a reason to abandon creative work entirely.

When Comparison Becomes a Reason to Stop

A student describes how awareness of deeper spiritual practice has become a reason to abandon creative work entirely.

I used it as a reason to not do anything in that whole genre, because I know there's another level that I'm clearly not at, or haven't been able to reach. I can't do what you do, for example.

Well, there's a difference. One thing is if you lose interest and a genuine love for it. Another is if you judge it because you compare it to this work, or to more spiritual work. Those are different.

The difference between losing interest and judging

If you do have an interest, a certain kind of love and passion for that work, then doing this work will just constantly be making you a deeper practitioner.