#1431 - when passion is missing
I remember watching a short video of Simon Sinek stating that "passion is an output." He explained that passion is a sign that we are doing something meaningful to serve a vision.
This idea of passion as an output, more than an input, struck me because I often felt a lack of passion was why I struggled with some work or initiatives.
But if I look at passion as an output, it's an entirely different perspective. If I can't build up a passion for what I am doing, something else must be missing. I found my answers in the five primordial motives or needs, a model derived from the timeless science of Pancha Koshas.
I have only a few minutes left in this morning's practice, so I'll keep it brief. The five primordial motives or needs are:
I exist or the need for existence. It's the need to be alive in the physical plane, keep body and soul together, and be fed and safe.
I feel or the need to love and be loved, to feel good, to belong, to be accepted and included.
I do or the need to create value, to self-affirm my identity, reach mastery and be recognized.
I realize or the need to realize my gifts and talents, to sense a deeper meaning and purpose in what we do.
I am or the need to be and transcend. To know that we are more and that there is more to life. It's a yearning for unity.
When I feel a lack of passion, I always check with myself if I'm not responding to one or more of these five needs.