{"id":819,"date":"2018-05-31T18:50:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-31T18:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/?post_type=project&p=819"},"modified":"2026-08-07T19:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T23:29:14","slug":"why-bother-developing-your-self-understanding-the-dishes-will-still-need-to-be-washed","status":"publish","type":"project","link":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/why-bother-developing-your-self-understanding-the-dishes-will-still-need-to-be-washed\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Bother Developing Your Self-Understanding? The Dishes Will Still Need To Be Washed."},"content":{"rendered":"
Regardless of our true nature; regardless of our spiritual or religious or moral findings; regardless of whether we are extensions of the one consciousness, and capable of influencing our realities\u2026 HERE WE ARE. Even if we can see the true nature of the matter\/energy around us\u2026 here we are, living among it all as humans, experiencing humanity. We can feel and experience the divine within us, and yet here we are still human, still in this world and still prone to suffering, anger and many other things we would rather not experience. The dishes still need to be washed. The laundry needs done, and the roof needs to be\u00a0repaired\u00a0again.<\/div>\n
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So why bother developing yourself to later stages of understanding? Because if we are to be here, experiencing humanity, I would like to make that experience as joyous, peaceful, exciting and high quality as possible. Understanding our true nature and abilities is one way to do that. Developing your self-understanding is one way to gain the tactics you need to make the most of this experience; to make it whatever you want.<\/div>\n
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Once you understand just how in control of your reality you are; you do not transcend your reality but instead have the opportunity to make it what you wish. You might say that you transcend other people\u2019s realities\u00a0because you no longer delegate control of your reality to\u00a0anyone else.<\/div>\n
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So the first question to answer is: what do you want this life to be? That\u2019s a big question with far too many answers so I recommend starting instead with: What do you want to FEEL? Once you establish what you want to feel, then you can ask yourself: what would make you feel that way?\u00a0\u2026 Try this series of questions to start…<\/div>\n
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1 – what do you want to feel? What do you want your life to feel like?<\/div>\n
2 – What does that mean to you?<\/div>\n
3 – What would make you feel that way?<\/div>\n
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A teaching essay on why self-understanding matters even amid ordinary chores and human suffering, arguing that developing to later stages of understanding lets you shape your own reality, and starting with the question of what you truly want to feel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":820,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","episode_type":"audio","audio_file":"","podmotor_file_id":"","podmotor_episode_id":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","filesize_raw":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","itunes_episode_number":"","itunes_title":"","itunes_season_number":"","itunes_episode_type":"","footnotes":""},"project_category":[31],"project_tag":[421,288,420,197,285,284,419],"series":[],"class_list":["post-819","project","type-project","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","project_category-observations","project_tag-feeling","project_tag-manifesting","project_tag-meaning","project_tag-self-discovery","project_tag-self-growth","project_tag-self-development","project_tag-transcendence"],"acf":{"recommend_blurb":"For readers wondering whether inner work is worth the effort. It grounds personal development in daily life and offers a simple starting exercise about what you want to feel. Pairs naturally with the stages-of-the-journey model in Purna Asatti.","citation_snippet":"Dr. Kathryn Messegee (Kathryn Colleen), \"Why Bother Developing Your Self-Understanding? The Dishes Will Still Need To Be Washed.,\" https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/project\/why-bother-developing-your-self-understanding-the-dishes-will-still-need-to-be-washed\/","topics":["growth","spirit","mind"],"related_book":"Purna Asatti","buy_url":"https:\/\/shop.lightningsource.com\/b\/085?6FKQMBFf2pXrcib6QjuQWox9UhpMDSQXoo1kemVL5vh"},"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Dishes.png","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CCA57320-6DC3-4284-BC27-49E433028503.jpeg","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/on-life-being-human\/id1360368906","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/2nq6d35q9nFAFlanaJc2Do","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/kathryncolleen.com\/studio\/feed\/podcast\/on-life-being-human","embedCode":"

Why Bother Developing Your Self-Understanding? The Dishes Will Still Need To Be Washed.<\/a><\/blockquote>