Why is this “success” thing so convoluted and enshrouded in mystery? There’s plenty uncertainty and unknown in life. Doesn’t matter. You don’t have to be certain. You only need to be pretty sure. I’m pretty sure there are consequences. Can you produce value? Can you give value? What are the consequences of producing …
Month: October 2018
Self-Focused Learns Nothing Sees Nothing
Can you be looking at two things without dividing your attention? When you’re looking at an apple, can you simultaneously look at a pear, with the same attention? Or does your attention divide? What happens when you’re looking at yourself? You’re not looking at something else, are you? What happens when you …
Integrity Is Not A Response To Dishonesty
https://twitter.com/gxdarz/status/1048980519562747905 Inspired by this excellent twitter thread by @gxdarz I come up with some further words on INTEGRITY: Your “integrity” is a response to dishonesty. E.g. you called a red apple blue. Now you want to be honest and call it red. But then it turns yellow, and you still keep calling it red. This …
Consolation Only Aggravates The Problem
Consolation only aggravates the problem. It doesn’t relieve it. It escapes it. Consolation is but a distraction. It distracts you from the problem by bringing your attention to something else. In the same time – it is inseparable with the problem. You can only receive it having paid for it with suffering. Thus, in fact, …
Hate is the swiftest means of self-assertion. You conceal your insecurity and ambition in righteous criticism. You succeed in crystallising yourself a little more. You then wonder why you feel so lonely, having separated yourself. — Janus (@JanusFaustus) October 2, 2018
SPONTANEITY IS CONSCIOUSNESS
Anything done for a “reason” is already corrupted and it’s bound to produce mediocrity. There is only THE DOING. The choiceless, inevitable, endless ACT OF DOING – the very eternal wheel of the universe. The best reason to do something is a WHIM. Anything more is utter delusion. You are deluding yourself …