you’re either alive — or distracting yourself when you’re scared to live — you’re distracting yourself when you’re confused — you’re distracting yourself when you’re tired — you’re distracting yourself you’re scared of the unknown, you’d rather retain homeostasis you’re confused, you’d rather not seek the truth, you’re overwhelmed, you’re arrogant, you’d rather …
Category: Philosophy
Consciousness is Freedom
Freedom is an exercise of choice To make a choice there must first be choices to be made, there must be options You perceive choices by being conscious, aware Therefore freedom is a function of consciousness We tend to believe that doing “whatever” is an exercise of freedom “Freedom to do whatever” But it’s …
Injustice For Injustice
You don’t pay for injustice with injustice Then you are unjust Then you are unjust and then get paid with injustice, again Injustice only ends when you end injustice You are the world
The Thing And The Symbol
You can have the thing or you can have the symbol You can have the real thing or you can have it’s symbol Sometimes you prefer symbol over the thing Sometimes you’re confused about the thing — therefore you take the symbol Sometimes you’re confused about most things — and you only take symbols …
So You Heard There Is Something Wrong With The World
So You heard there is something wrong with the world You might have seen a lot in your life — but instead of focusing on everything that you’ve seen — you take this HEARSAY — and decide to focus on that You might have done a lot in your life and you might …
Intelligence Is Slave To Emotions
Your intelligence doesn’t protect you from being influenced, being conditioned You can be intelligent and still be naive You can refute the silly arguments with your sharp mind — but you can’t refute emotions And intelligence is slave to emotions Intelligence is slave to emotions You think you are rational rather than emotional …
Neither Innovative Nor Traditional Can Be Appraised
You want to know what’s the next big thing going to be You want to know what’s the next big thing NOT going to be You want to know where to put your resources: your time, your energy, your capital, your attention You live in the world therefore you’re interested in the world therefore you’re …
There Is No One To Put In Place (But You)
there is no one to put in place there is no one to put in place but you there is no one to put in place but you, putting others in place is a distraction from putting yourself in place from climbing the mountain yourself there’s no one to put in place …
Anything But (The Thing) Is A Distraction
Anything BUT (the thing) is a distraction Either you do the thing — the right thing, the most important thing — or you’re distracting yourself Whatever else you do, it well may be, and surely will be, of great value (that’s what makes it a perfect distraction, a perfect excuse) But there is only one …
Time Management as Resource Management
Time is obviously a resource. It’s a resource which is limited Therefore it must be carefully managed, so as to get the best return of investment. How do you manage anything? To manage anything — you must understand how it works — and what you want to achieve in the first place. Do you …