it’s not that one is more in position to “do everything” and other can only do nothing we all can only do something more something less something doesn’t matter the point is that we claim the full extent of the little freeedom which is granted to you and that my friend is everything …
Month: May 2019
The Game Played
One needs to first recognise the game played. Most still play the ‘please-mom-please-dad’ game and ‘play-with-toys’ game. ‘Look-good’ game. ‘Stick-in’ game. Success is not as much about ‘secrets of the game’ as it is about the ‘basics of the game’. You just have to know what kind of game you’re playing. …
The Real Cause of Disagreement
The ultimate cause of disagreement is our unreadiness for agreement We don’t really want peace. We don’t really want consensus. What we want is to be LARGE. Larger then our neighbour, larger then our brother, larger then our lover. The absurdity of most conflicts doesn’t as much point at our stupidity as it …
Only You Can Validate Yourself
What is affirmed when you receive validation is that SOMEONE agrees with what you say So is it about them or is it about you? If you want to them to be happy and ‘right’ and all that — then be happy for them. If you want yourself to be happy WITH YOURSELF — then …
XXI Century Fear
All fear is ultimately useless for all the fear in the world can still not protect you from the imminent death. Fear can be disregarded altogether for as long as you DON’T DIE. The point of fear was never to stifle you. In fact — the point of fear was to keep you …
Throw Away The Map
Nothing major in your life was ever pre-planned successfully and you do know it, We really only keep planning things and talking and organising out of this desperate need to feel in control. The only tangible is the choice you’re making between the alternatives the fate presented to you Optimise for options; …
Simple Not Simplistic
Simplicity is not generalising Generalising is simplistic, reductionistic Simplicity doesn’t reduce. Doesn’t judge. Doesn’t diminish. Doesn’t label. When you hear — “BE SIMPLE” — it means: be open, be non-judgemental be perceptive see what is don’t see what isn’t, don’t presume what isn’t When you hear — “BE SIMPLE” — it …
That Old, Boring Power
At the end this obsession with power just gets really fucking boring. Power is only exciting for those who don’t have it (and so is everything else you don’t have) Power is the coolest thing in the world for those caught up in their power-games — and the most ordinarily boring to those …
Struggle Sells
Struggle sells Appeal to hardship and struggle and it should be relatable and plausible (to the masses anyway) Struggle sells and you buy a conveniently convincing image of this conflicted, tough world — with struggle passing up as purpose and grand philosophy — really only concealing the escapism and consternation about the utter …
What’s Clever
You think what someone said is clever and some book is clever and some theory is clever It’s not. It’s probably nonsense. It’s probably useless. You will probably become stupid by abiding by it, cease thinking. Do you know what is clever? Taking your own action. Making your own mistakes. And learning …