Doing-What-You-Really-Want is not a matter of getting something glorious, not a matter of stepping up and not a matter of saving yourself the pain of regrets in your deathbed… Doing-What-You-Really-Want is really just a matter of DOING WHAT YOU REALLY WANT Which is a matter of self-knowledge And at that point — you …
Category: Philosophy
Tough Don’t Act Tough
Tough don’t act tough Weak don’t act tough Those in-between act tough. Acting tough does make BEING TOUGH a little bit easier. But it’s obviously not being tough. Acting tough is an act before oneself as much as it is before the world. The actor does wish to BE tough. The wish …
Accountability
The fact that so few are accountable makes one wonder if one even knows the meaning of ACCOUNTABILITY Let me explain There are two ways of doing something. OPTIMAL and NOT OPTIMAL The difference between the optimal and not optimal is often ambiguous. Particularly in creative acts. It is also often NOT …
Giving Advice
Be careful with GIVING ADVICE. Yes, be wrong all the time. Yes, say whatever the fuck you want. Yes, explore. But be careful with WHO and WHAT you advice. Advice more competent person then yourself — you will likely come around as tryhard and insecure. Mind you if you’re wrong — it can just …
Achievements are Distractions
Achievements are distractions One should just take what he wants Achievement is prison Achievement is the slavemaster Need takes away freedom Need to achieve makes you a slave One should just take what he wants Anything more is grandiose delusion Anything less is resignation, defeat One must be really simple to …
There Actually Is Time For Everything
There actually is time for everything. There are things you will never get a chance to do again. It doesn’t matter for the past — but it does matter for today. There are things which you can only do today — you know you should, you know you want. You can’t do them tomorrow. It’s …
Incongruent Congruence
True congruence doesn’t look congruent from the outside — as it involves numerous incongruent-looking decisions. One who is truly devoted to reality — and so congruent in this devotion — will be changing his mind ALL THE TIME. To change one’s mind often is not the common perception of congruence. And …
The Poor, The Meaningless, The Free
Does it really matter who is rich and who is poor isn’t what really matters to know HOW TO LIVE? Everyone is rich in the XXI century western world. The only importance of the get-rich-game is freedom There is nothing truly valuable to gain with money But the price one pays for …
Words Are Beautiful But Not Serious
Aphorisms are universally aesthetic but only narrowly meaningful. We are writers first and humans second. We concern ourselves with words first and actions second. And even our actions only lead back to words and ideas: the titles and achievements and acquirements. Words are beautiful but are not serious. Actions are serious. …
True Vision
Lasting vision is truly just a prison No one who CHANGES has a lasting vision No one who is concerned with what is real can abide to a lasting vision What is vision? Doesn’t vision imply SEEING? Is seeing a fixed state — or is it an endless process? Vision is seeing. One SEES …