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There are several different inner techniques out there, and each of them has their use. However, just because they worked for one person doesn’t mean that they will work for you or that you even want them. Practicing a little due diligence before integrating something completely is a good idea. Towards that end, I’ve prepared a list of questions to ask yourself before picking up a new inner tech.
1: What is the benefit of this tech?
If you’re looking at using a tech that seems cool, but it doesn’t really benefit you in any way, then toss it. There’s no reason to expend the effort to install a tech if there is no benefit in sight. On the other hand, if you believe that there is a benefit there, but are not sure what it is, then go for it!
2: Are there any obvious incompatibilities?
A quick and easy question, and one that will weed out a lot of flotsam before you even go any further. If you are living a life dedicated to making the world a better place and someone suggests you be constantly planning and scheming to ruin other peoples’ lives before they can do the same to you, that’s a pretty obvious incompatibility
3: What are the system requirements?
If you run across something that requires more clarity, discipline, energy, or happiness then you’ve got right now, put it on the shelf for later, and look for something that you have the ability to use now.
4: Will this open or close the door to other inner techs?
Let’s go back to the scenario earlier. If you have yet to make the choice between serving the world and serving only yourself, then you have a monumental decision to make. If technology is a tree then two different branches lie before you.
On the one side you have dominance, control, and the iron hand. On the other you have love, service, and universal compassion. The two don’t mix. Your ability to use advanced techs from either will come at the cost of specializing in that particular branch and all but losing the other.
The same choices come smaller as well. Each choice closes some doors and opens others.
5: What are the likely side-effects, and are they livable?
When looking at the new tech, there are likely to be side-effects. Imagine you’ve already integrated this new inner tech. Are there any side-effects? Do they bother you? It may be that they are a fringe benefit.
6: Does this fit your overall strategy?
Each of us has an idea or feeling regarding where we are and where we want to go. If this new tech doesn’t move you in that direction, it’s time to find another one.
7: Last but not least, trust yourself.
If you get a bad vibe when thinking about picking up the new tech, then drop it. It doesn’t matter how good it looks. If you don’t feel right, you won’t be able to use it properly anyway, because you’ll be fighting yourself every step of the way.
You can go beyond these questions of course, but if you do consider carefully what you make a part of your inner space, you will be a lot better off then if you tried everything that you happened to see and wind up with a mishmash of non-functioning techs and embittered because “they don’t work”
