Why do some people seem to have such great answers to life's challenges, yet rarely take their own advice?

Is the definition of 'sloth'; to know the right thing to do, and yet not do it?


How does one break that barrier?Why do some people seem to have such great answers to life's challenges, yet rarely take their own advice?
For some there are stages to learning. I really try not to judge.


First some will learn by listening.


Then they learn by speaking, %26amp; the spoken word is powerful. Many a sincere person may be at that point in the process. If what they speak is Truth, do we throw away the message because we have decided to judge the messenger?


The last stage to learning is Being.


We are all guilty in some way of not Being 100% of what we think we know. It is a process %26amp; we are in it.


Many Blessings!Why do some people seem to have such great answers to life's challenges, yet rarely take their own advice?
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The ';why'; of that?


Same reason why the town cobbler's family's' shoes are the most tattered . . . Your gardner's own yard is most unkempt





I agree with, have noticed and experienced same that you noted in your posting.





How does one break that barrier?


That happens as it does, drop by drop, being patient and kind with ourselves while moving through our challenges.





Breaking any ';bad'; habits such as smoking, nail biting, etc. is a challenge and takes time.


Seeing how powerful and huge the essence of the soul is...the unlearning of ways of being that's be worked through . . .for some that ';change'; (taking own advice) takes time as well.





We're human and thus experience temptations, weaknesses, dragging our feet . . .We do care and ARE working at it though.





';Be not afraid of changing slowly; be afraid only of standing still';.


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Laziness and lack of commitment is the cause!


Basking in false wisdom elevates the human ego.


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One must develop Faith, Determination and Certitude within their life.


It's the only 'way' to break the barrier or veil that you speak of.





*footnote - It has been said; ';A skunk can't smell its own perfume';. Laziness creates vast barriers or veils that often go unseen.
You can break that habit if you listen to Michael Jackson's ';Man in the Mirror'; 10 times consecutively at the start and end of each day.





I think the definition of sloth is to not try anything. If you are giving good advice to people, maybe that is your charitable contribution. Or, you could just be a lazy know-it-all.
Its relatively easy to understand something intellectually. I can read in a book about what the right thing to do is or listen to a teacher explain some noble truth to me and I will understand completely what is being said to me and it will make all the sense in the world. However, until I can internalize or maybe the right word is experience what is being taught I will not full understand what the true meaning is behind what is being taught. Therefore, a person can have the knowledge and can even pass that knowledge along to others but as far as living that knowledge one has to feel it first.





I suffer from laziness when I'm at work out of a feeling of boredom, or is it the other way around? I want to be somewhere else doing something more pleasurable and not being able to do so put me in utter agony so to cope my instinct is to feel bored and lazy and try to find a way out..like answering a few questions. On my stronger days I can over ride this and when I do the benefits roll in over time but that barrier- like you mention- is a hard one to break. I think it involves looking at what laziness really is and where it comes from. One foot in front of the other, y'know?





I like what 'Kali said...very pro-active..stop thinking about it and DO it.
I wish I had a really good, deep and meaningful answer for you but the truth is simple. It is easier to give good advice than to take your own good advice.





When you give someone good advice, you do so because you are on the outside, looking in. You have an objective point of view. You can see clearly. When you turn that good advice towards yourself, you are no longer in such a good position to understand things.





Maybe that barrier isn't supposed to be broken. That's what good friends and family are for. To help. If we are all playing our part, we are all helping each other and the job gets done.





If we didn't need that, then maybe we wouldn't even need each other. Then what would the world be like?
This is a great question. It's like knowing the road but not traveling. I believe that we are a collective. I mean that we are joined as one being. That said, we each have our own contributions. Think of this way, you're the one driving us on this so called road. The wind bags that you are pointing out are the navigators. Any others in the car contribute their own special attributes.





Being in action is great. knowing what your doing is great. Being sustained in your actions is great. Being protected and save during action is great. Having all of this on your trip is more than great, it's best.





So be thankful for those who teach. There are those who do and those who know. It takes two to tango. It take more than two to call it a party. Everyone makes up the whole picture.
i would like to think that those to whom you refer are at the beginning steps of finding their way...and i can attest that it might have already been a long journey to where they are now. Walking the talk comes with integrating the external with the internal...this is what wholeness is, after all. In all lovingkindness the slower, tardier ones (among whom i have counted myself) must be accepted where they are, for could they be otherwise, would it not already be so? All in good time each one will come to wholeness and re-emerge into the One. Metta, metta, metta.





i am Sirius
Most people who are worried about others are not living their own life. So they have to stop taking care of others %26amp; start doing what they need to do to take better care of their own life....when you hear someone telling you about how concerned they are for someone else who is going through someone else you can know for sure they are avoiding their own problems. ...I think the best way to break from it would be with small steps. They can act as if they are their coach. Take in inventory of their own problems %26amp; what needs to be done to make things better. There are many ways they can go about it but for example they might decide to set appointments with themself. They might no exercise so they find they love to be on the internet %26amp; have a stationary bike %26amp; can put a shelf on it. So everyday they start bike riding for an hour that way...they may be disorganized %26amp; have an appoinment on Tues. even from 7-8 to organize one closet or one drawer. I work as a professional organizer %26amp; so I help people in many ways to start taking care of themselves....there are so many ways to do it but they have to be serious about themselves.If everyday you have an appointment at 10am to work with the tai chi tape or yoga or you change it everyday after a while it will be easy. My son used to always come over on Saturday so my husband %26amp; I had a habit. He vacuumed the house Sat. morning %26amp; I moped all the floors. Then I would also spray down counters %26amp; windex surfaces. We were most motivated them. My son got a job transfer %26amp; is now on the other side of the country but every Sat. we still do our routine. So it is a habit. It is hard at first so you have to plan when you will do this such as an appointed time....now if you are refering to mental attitude change I would suggest the person write down the new way of thinkng as if they were tellig somoene else what they should do. Then keep it folded up on paper in there pocket. I used to have to remind my self of why I was a happy person. I would see people who would ask about my sons %26amp; my one son died. Then I would get upset seeing they were upset so I wrote down the truth %26amp; kept it in my pocket until it became natural for me to say 'I am doing really well right now but'; then I would tell them what haappened %26amp; it wasn't as bad....so if the person has to pretend they are treating themselves as their patient or person they are helping then just do that.
We need energy, the energy of the Divine, or Divine energy. Most make the mistake of trying to think it through all that needs to be done is to feel it, then act upon it to receive more Divine energy.
Well, talk is cheap.





';Go on a diet';





';Quit smoking';





Easier said than done.





One must make a decision to do it, and never


to back down or allow an exception. It takes


very strong and sustained will power.





Jean
Because talks are easy to say ...........its ever easy to gave advice to someones , but handel the situation is other matter ......
Is there an illusionary barrier between Knowing %26amp; being...?


Theroy and practice are two sides of the same coin





Break the barrier?


How about feeling the coin in your pocket...?





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Obviously it's much easier to say something than to actually do it.
Perhaps when life becomes challenging we are overwhelmed and we need someone to tell us what we already know.
easier to give advice than to take advice
It is easier to look out than to look in.








Reflection.
some are good in making money but that doesn't mean they know how to use it
get a good woman to clean up after you then you can be slothfull all you want....JUST KIDDING LADIES.