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, …
Author: Janus
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 …
Repeating Reason Is An Excuse
Delusion breeds inertia. Inertia breeds delusion. Psychologically, if you want to do something, but don’t do it for some reason – that reason is probably an excuse. If it repeats itself – then it’s certainly an excuse. You think your motivations and actions and pursuits can be reduced to a finite, logical plan. …
The Curse Of Being Smart
The curse of being smart is that there are few to show you how stupid you are. Unintelligent people fail to perceive meaning and patterns. Intelligent people fail to perceive meaning and patterns.. The difference between an intelligent person and unintelligent is that intelligent person naturally perceives and understands more. However, being …
Attached to Feeling Good
“Feeling good” can be an attachment too. You attach yourself to it. Now, whenever you’re not feeling good – you are feeling even worse. Can “feeling good” be captured? Can happiness be captured? Can it be encapsulated in a word? Words? By naming your feeling it now becomes an idea. A standard. Now …
Your Toolkit Expands With Your Creativity
Your toolkit expands proportionally to your creativity. The more creative you are — the broader the range of tools are you using. A huge toolbox of tools you have no idea how to use is useless. By idea – I mean a creative idea. You can have all the instruments in the world …
Not reading books is not the real problem.The real problem is lack of curiosity. — Janus (@JanusFaustus) September 18, 2018
To Do What You Want
to do what you want this could be everything that ever needs to be said about life the deepest words, most misunderstood of all the words, quite certainly. We don’t do what we want. We do what we hate. We don’t do what we want. We do what we think we want. …
Shitty Life Is Not a Challenge
Shitty life is not a challenge. Being miserable is not admirable. Hard work makes your life hard. Hard life is a hard experience. And then you die. Your ambition to BE SOMETHING fooled you. You die. Today, tomorrow, in a week, in a month, in a year, in 50 years. No one …