Behavior is a broad concept. All acting falls under behavior, but not acting is behavior. Action leads to something. That so-called something is the effect of behavior, it is the new situation that has been created by the behavior. The future is influenced by behavior. We do many actions unconsciously and we do not often realize that we are influencing the future. Few people, for example, will consciously think at the bottom of the stairs that they are influencing the future by lifting one leg and putting it on a higher step, most people just walk upstairs. We do a lot, especially daily activities, without thinking about it. But there are, of course, also actions in which, before we take action, we first make a consideration. We then take a decision and finally implement that decision by acting. During the moment of consideration, we make a prediction about the future: "if I do this, then that will happen". We are often quite capable of making a correct prediction about the future. For example, we can well predict what will happen if we are dealing with processes that follow known laws, such as "if I put the kettle on the fire, the water in that kettle will become warm and start to boil". Even in situations that we recognize, because we have experienced similar situations before, we experience certainty about where this will lead. For example: “If my colleague comes in busy and I ask him a question, he will cook over and will not answer. It is better to wait a while and only ask my question later because then I will get an answer ”. There are many situations that we recognize and in which we can make decisions based on knowledge and experience because we are certain what the action will lead to. We can also convince others, by letting them know what is going to happen with our knowledge and experience, to do one thing and let the other. If we know what is going to happen, we control the future and that offers certainty for ourselves and for others. This security makes us feel safe and at ease. because we let them know what is going to happen with our knowledge and experience, convince them to do the one and let the other. If we know what is going to happen, we control the future and that offers certainty for ourselves and for others. This security makes us feel safe and at ease. because we let them know what is going to happen with our knowledge and experience, convince them to do the one and let the other. If we know what is going to happen, we control the future and that offers certainty for ourselves and for others. This security makes us feel safe and at ease.
There are also situations where you know what to do just because you feel that way, without being able to articulate why. It is an answer that does not stem from a line of thought with arguments or reasons, but from an intuition, a feeling, an inspiration that suddenly manifests itself. Many people do have such experience. In particular afterward, when a decision has been made, action has been taken and the effect is visible, it can sometimes be said: "I thought so". In order not to become aware of your feelings or thoughts afterward, but in advance, it is necessary that you have contact with yourself. That you are with yourself with your attention, within and towards silence. Because if you are busy, for example, thinking, then you cannot experience which answer comes from within. This may sound a bit blurry and sometimes it is,
Because the answer is unsubstantiated and perhaps even vague, it requires self-confidence to act on it. Self-confidence is associated with being certain, firm and firm. But acting on the basis of a decision because you feel it that way, or experience it and not substantiate it with arguments, can, in fact, entail doubt and uncertainty. If certainty is important, you will not act from your inner knowing. You do, if, despite your uncertainty, you trust that it is right what you want to do, and you trust that if it does not match you can handle the new situation and it will eventually work out. Acting from your inner knowing is being true to yourself, you follow the direction that you have given from the inside. While if, from uncertainty, you ignore your inner knowing, you lose something of yourself. Making contact with your inner knowing may suggest a high degree of development. My experience is that everyone has an inner source from which an answer can be given to dilemmas. The exercise to make use of that source is generally not so much about learning to make contact with it, but rather to dare to trust it. If you are open to the answers from your inner knowing and dare to follow the given direction, then it is no longer important to predict the future. It arises.
