Coronavirus is great! We take our welfare for granted It’s all very comfortable and dull We get sick and we kill it with an anti-biotic We are in no danger, no big war in our precious western world, nothing to threaten our existence… Well not any more Coronavirus is here and you might …
Month: March 2020
Commit To Objectivity
All fear is fear of death. All insecurity is fear of failure, failure to cope, which is death We are all scared and we are all insecure. If we were too confident then we’d be jumping out of buildings, hoping we would fly But we’re not only not jumping off buildings — we’re even …
adaptation is the true, original mark of fitness consider it an opportunity to finally prove fit – rather then move silly weights or prattle about evolutionary psychology and machiavelli — Janus (@JanusFaustus) March 27, 2020
Awareness Transcends Desire
awareness transcends desire when you are completely present, completely aware your desire ceases awareness is here and now desire is not here and not now desire is the time away and space away from your desired object awareness is here awareness eradicates separation awareness eradicates distance therefore awareness eradicates desire when you …
Reminder: We Are Ignorant
Every single statement about this dreadful crisis will both be an understatement and an overstatement Everyone will be very clever and very stupid after the fact That’s because everyone knows-all only everyone knows fuck all We learn many things about the nature of matter and learn about cells in human body and …
We’re All Ignorant
Beyond certain level we are all ignorant You despise the ignorant but you’re ignorant yourself Eventually you reach a level at which you fail to improve You no longer can appreciate what is an improvement and how to bring it. That inability is how you are ignorant. Ignorant of potential improvements. Conversely: We …
When You Need It You Fail
When you need it you fail Need pulls your attention from the task at hand and scatters it extraneously Need is cognitively taxing You can’t give it 100% if you are so focused on not losing it, on doing it in some arbitrarily right way Try NOT needing and see how …
Cause and effect are more egalitarian then any political or social system — Janus (@JanusFaustus) March 16, 2020
Never Hesitate To Enlighten Those Around You
Never hesitate to enlighten those around you Never go out of your way to find others to preach your morals to and impose your wisdom on. No one cares – and if they do they will find you. But never hesitate to enlighten those already around you They are part of your world and …
You Can’t Really Treat Others With Respect Unless You’re Being Real First
You can’t really treat others with respect unless you’re being real first One who can’t be real is not worthy of respect — and in that not able to give respect One who is not real is already disrespectful — in being phony and disingenuous Be real first Be offensive if …