Because your energy is all over the place. Really. Have you assessed your energy body lately? In how many directions is your mind being pulled? Especially if you’re a creative—every shiny new object grabs your attention. Same if you’re an intellectual. Or both. If you have any awareness of your energy body, you know how unstable it can be.
Wouldn’t you like to just stand still for a moment? Find a little peace? See clearly for once?
If you can’t hold your mind steady, you’re going to miss out on a lot of great stuff. You know, like reality. If you can slow your thinking, even bring it to a halt for a moment, the world will reveal itself to you. It will be as though you never saw it before. That’s how fresh and new the world can be IF you learn to stop the mental chatter in your head.
And what about those non-rational compulsions? They kind of come out of nowhere, right? Well, they are a product of your thinking, too. Just not directly. When you find yourself doing things you later tell yourself you shouldn’t have, it can feel like you’ve become someone else. And that’s uncomfortable. If not downright terrifying.