There’s function and dysfunction (let’s define “function” as the opposite of dysfunction) -to function is to function well -to dysfunction is to function unwell -to function unwell is to eventually NOT function, to eventually fail -to function well is to survive and thrive, and continue functioning, and functioning well Usually dysfunction is quickly revealed. …
Category: Philosophy
Your Own Growth is a Burden
I wrote that attachment alone is holding you back I wrote that bad luck is great Those two together result in: You become attached to your great fortunes and advantages — and then you fear losing them — and then those are holding you back It really is so that things you own end …
It Really Is ONLY What You DO
It’s really what you do, not what you have, not what you are… You have infinitely many possibilities. INFINITELY MANY The problem is not with not having options, not having possibilities, not having opportunities, not having this, not having that… The problem is with WILLING The problem is with CHOOSING The problem is with …
No Virtue In a Vacuum
There’s the “negative” It affects you. It affects you, more or less, In a sense something is only “negative” IF it affects you, and only as negative as much it affects you E.g. there’s something horrible happening out there somewhere in the world — but it doesn’t affect you, you’re not aware of it, …
Society, Rules, You and “Your Business”
It’s not just “your business” It’s not just “your business” who you are and what you do It’s everyone else’s business (unless you’re living in the forest) Obviously you are responsible You are first responsible for “your business” But then there’s everyone else you affect, And then there’s how they affect you And that …
Quotes Entail Misquoting…
Words entail misunderstandings Quotes entail misquoting one could rant forever about the limitations of the words, philosophically limitations of the words to describe, examine reality with wiser man did that before I see a more prosaic problem, in our prosaic everyday life. In our prosaic everyday life, we take sentences, quotes, words away …
Take The Moment As It Is —Make The Most Out Of It — Then Let Go Of It Entirely
Each moment is unique but also similar depending on what property you look From our narrow individual perspective — there’s a limited number of similar moments — and then we die in the grand scheme of things — there’s an infinite number of infinitely similar moments As an individual entity you are concerned with …
You Don’t Have To Explain It
You don’t have to know how to say it You don’t have to know how to explain it You don’t even have to know how it works You don’t have to meet any of the above conditions in order to believe something Above conditions have nothing to do with believing Above conditions have nothing …
To Know Who You Are Is To Not Know Fear, Not Know Doubt
To know who you are is to not know fear, not know doubt All fear is fear of death All doubt is doubt of one’s own survival, fitness To know who you are, truly know, is to not know fear of death Because to know who you are, truly know, is to know …
We Used to Call It Magic
We used to call it MAGIC or GOD That which we couldn’t explain Couldn’t understand Today we call it a “CONSPIRACY”, or a “SCAM” That which we don’t understand we call “conspiracy”, or “scam” We don’t understand how a single individual could be making 1000 times more than you and I We could call …