Underground Knowledge — A discussion group discussion

Creative “beating around the bush” is a process that I allow myself to utilize when I find that I keep procrastinating ... when I feel that the resistance to accomplishing some tasks is increasing. In cases such as these, I usually have a tendency to avoid doing what I need to do. I am constantly tempted by other tasks and by other activities. I have discovered that if I allow myself to work on the tasks by which I am tempted, I usually end up accomplishing them, one after the other, even if they are not urgent. This is because these tasks are usually easier, and they require less time to accomplish. Having made progress on a series of smaller tasks, I usually find that I have gotten myself mobilized. My energy rises and I feel motivated once again.

The process of sublimation
The secret of creatively “beating around the bush” is that there is a process of “sublimation” that is taking place. This is a process that allows us to accomplish a bunch of other tasks in exchange for not dealing with the tasks which we are resisting. The part of our Total Self that was resisting, is content because we have allowed it to procrastinate. The part of our Total Self that needed to be productive, is rewarded by getting tasks accomplished and by creating “room” in our future schedule.

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