# Esoteric Questions Up:: [[Coaching (MOC)]] #important --- I’m terrible about thinking of these in the moment, so why not build a resource for it! ## Inbox *These are questions that need organized into slots below.* - What’re the activities that nurture your soul, but can be challenging to adhere or stick with? - These activities breath life into you and you know that, but they’re also hard to make time for. - Another way to say it: “ground you in mindfulness” - What question have you avoided asking yourself? One that you’re afraid to discover and know the answer to. - [[How many times have you died]]? # Growth * What’s holding you back from becoming your ideal self? * What does self-actualization mean to you? * # Purpose - What does living a purpose-driven life mean to you? - Epictetus said, “If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid with regard to external things” - what does this mean to you? - Neale Walsch said, “Life begins at the end of your comfort zone.” Capture your immediate thought... What is it, and why? - # Intentionality * Robert Greene talks about “Alive time vs. dead time”, what do you think that is about? * Reference: [[The time you are alive is the only real possession that you have]] * # Happiness - What does intrinsic happiness mean to you? - If you think about the future, when do you think you’ll be happiest and why? - Ideally, the goal here is to help understand people realize that happiness is currently within their grasp. - What do you feel like you’re chasing? Do you find yourself living for **a moment** or **this moment**? - What does it mean to find happiness ostracized or away from external things? # Knowledge/Understanding/Wisdom * Seneca once said, "You must linger among a limited number of master-thinkers, and digest their works if you would derive ideas which shall win firm hold in your mind. Everywhere means nowhere." How does this challenge the way you think about reading? Building understanding? * Socrates once said, "[[The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing]]" - how do you read into that? *