We live in the most abundant time in the history of mankind. No wonder we’re the poorest. The more we have — the more we could have. Greed creates more greed. Ambition creates more ambition. Need creates more need. Distraction prevents attention. Our material abundance causes us to neglect the spirit. We become spiritually poor, …
Category: Philosophy
How We Are Poor
we struggle anxiously tumultuously tirelessly trying to get something trying to become something we take for granted the grand gift of life the infinite vastness of the world the immeasurable abundance since we value what we worked hard for we work hard so that we can value something effectively conditioning our sense of …
Part Of Something
part of something greater part of something lesser always part of something which is not something else part of something is still parting still not whole alone or in the group still separated, always separated not until we fully comprehend the gravity of the problem of separation it’s pervasive …
Reputation Deters You From Being Wrong
Reputation deters you from being wrong. You are now avert to making mistakes – so that you protect your reputation. But when you’re unwilling to be wrong — not only do you prevent yourself from learning — you also begin the movement of delusion. Eventually even the truths you built your reputation on become corrupted. …
To Seek Empowerment Is To Escape Responsibility
*Empowerment* implies one doesn’t have the power. It’s a dangerous proposition. You crave power. Only NOT. You really crave submission. You want your life to be simple and predictable, orderly and permanent. To seek empowerment is to escape the responsibility. Why ‘seek it’? So that you can’t find it, yes? So …
Respect is a Bad Habit
Respect is a bad habit. We learnt RESPECT out of compulsion, indolence and meekness. We were forced to DEFER and RESPECT. We grew fond of this affliction, in our innate intellectual slothfulness and weakness. Now it’s just a bad habit. All habits are mediocrity and bad habits are destructive. You …
To Raise a Fool
For every rule and every belief you instill in your pupil — his intelligence and individuality is lessened, damaged. If you teach rules and expect them to be obeyed — then you expect to raise a fool. Don’t teach. Facilitate independent discovery. You can create an environment in which independence and …
Expectations Promise Mediocrity
Expectations promise mediocrity. Every expectation is a seed of countless limitations. Every limitation is a drop from the heights of true excellence. For the highest excellence to come into being – the path must be clear of impediments. Every idea you have about the outcome will limit you drastically. To excel one must forget …
Discipline is comfort It’s easier to pay with some effort, buy psychological ease It’s difficult to live within the heart of the unknown — Janus (@JanusFaustus) March 25, 2019
Stealing Ideas
I will gladly steal the brilliant insights of greater then me and post them/ tweet them/ write a fucking book about them …as my own — because thats how little I care about looking good. Every idea known to men shall be repeated infinitely many times. You can’t really steal ideas. It’s like …