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UGK* once said: “The goal has created the misery for you.”

That’s right: goals narrow Field (of consciousness) to a Point. Cognitive constipation ensues [hyper-focus, preoccupation, toraware** to use Morita’s term].  Thus, the misery.

*UGK is U. G. Krishnamurti

**toraware, Japanese, Morita therapy term for feedback loop b/w a given sensation and attention to it, i.e. a feedback loop between a field (of attention) and a point (an object of attention).