The Importance of Reflection

Self-transcendence is a way of gaining agency, but it can't be maximised. We need to step back and reflect in order to try and get the coordination and integration that's needed for self identification. When I'm thirsty my motivational machinery is not driven just by thirst, it is driven by a curiosity. But what happens is I start to gain some relief from the compulsion of immediacy and urgency of my thirst. That's also a metaphor in Buddhism for craving. As I open up, this is the reflectiveness gap. I get in a gap by reflection.