At the core of my system is something that I call the Project: the projection of consciousness as a hierarchy priority on itself, some external thing, person, present or future state, and or goal. There are two uses of the term project, one is a state and the other is a hierarchy of priorities that the state is applied to. The project state is how my attention is directed towards creating an identity relationship with what it is being occupied by.
The Project is also a relation of priorities for my attention through the identification of the consciousness of my being. My current main priority is my primary project and all other things that support that primary project are secondary projects for they aid the primary. See the Revaluation of Values Tool for clarification of priorities.
I can project myself in the present with my attention or I can project myself into the future. I can also have different categories of things i am projecting myself to, like health for example or completing an accomplishment or goal.
My capacity to project my conscious attention within the spectrum of the moment to abstractly in the future makes this element the unification and common denominator to my system. No matter what my state of mind, my attention is being projected and thus I can orient myself with a sense of values. I am able to guide myself through all forms of consciousness as long as I at least have this minimum capacity for agency.
If the thing I am projecting myself on to is part of my mission and goal, I will lead myself towards the outcome of that goal. If I fragment myself by projecting on to things that are not my goal, I will dwindle my energies and reduce my capability to achieving that goal.
Present Self and Attention
My attention is quite useful in the present moment for I am mindful of myself and my surroundings. I am able to make decisions in the moment and lead myself to future selves that I wish to become. My current being is composed of my situation which is composed of social, psychological, environmental, and contingent on past factors that have lead me to my present state. I am able to project myself on to any of these factors within my present experience.
Future Selves
I am able to project my present self to a future self and create an action plan which leads me to that future self.
Primary and Secondary Projects
The primary and secondary project is relational and can change depending on what I direct my self towards. If I orient myself towards becoming healthy, all other elements of my life become secondary to this priority of being healthy.
There can be a number of different secondary projects that support the primary project. If I am at work and I become hungry, eating lunch is a secondary project to the completion of my work day for it supports in the completion of the primary priority.
In the Training and Learning Tool, I discuss how one can alternate secondary projects with the primary project to fulfill an optimum state of learning by exercising one's body, mind and brain past their limit. Once the limit have been passed and the individual enters a state of fatigue, it is beneficial to allow oneself to rest to prepare to expand their limit again. Alternating between primary and secondary projects allows the person do develop skills in more than one area yet stay focused on their primary priority.
The primary project is my main goal that I am aspiring to. Each of the steps that lead to that goal can become a primary project if the step is made a priority and the relation of primary and secondary would change depending on my orientation towards the goal.
The primary project is broken into sequential parts, for which I can complete tasks or develop skills that fulfill the requirements of the end state of the primary project. The secondary project are goals or tasks that are supplement to primary project goals or tasks.
Obstructions
Obstructions is that which blocks one's projection of consciousness or impedes one's way towards a goal. If I am viewing a beautiful scene and a car moves in front of it, the car is the obstruction to my projection on the natural landscape. If I am prioritizing a goal and an unknown variable prevents the attainment of that goal, this unknown or unexpected variable has become my obstruction.
Depending on the severity of the obstruction, overcoming it can easily become the highest priority in the steps towards one's end project and therefore is now currently the project. Again, the primary and secondary project is a relational orientation of my attention, efforts and priorities which change depending on what I am consciously attending to.
Substance Abuse
If I project myself towards some form of unhealthy substance, like cigarettes, I will also be violating the principles of self-love and be taking myself away from a future self. The destructive nature of depending on an external substance as a means of dependency itself uses up time and leads me to situations I would not actually be in if I were not.
Not only am I consuming cancer causing agents, my projection and identification with the cigarette has lead me to an environment and taking time to enact the fulfillment of that projection identity relationship. If I were able to be mindful of the craving, but project myself into a different reality, I would not only avoid consuming the negative substance but I would place myself in a different environment and have the opportunity to use my time constructively.
Grieving
Sometimes, elements of my present experience are not pleasant for me, like if I am having intrusive negative thoughts. Sometimes I may be able to critically think myself though those thoughts, but if they are too overwhelming I am able to project myself into the future to protect myself from harm. I can chose to engage in a positive activity while I am thinking or other things than that which may be upsetting.
An example of a situation that this applies to is the process of grieving a loss. It can be overwhelming to come to terms with reality when something out of our control has occurred. While my brain and mind are learning to process and come to terms with what has happened, I can create a course of action of self-love activities and take moments to understand the intrusive thoughts. It is important not to be avoidant but allow oneself to approximate how much negative emotions one can deal with at a time and understand them.
AJ 18.2.18, 14.3.18, 27.3.20
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