What is arrogance? You think you’re right. That is why you do something. Who would like to be wrong? There is nothing to be gained in holding untrue beliefs, is there? No one consciously wants to be wrong. Everyone would rather be right. And when you think you’re right — obviously you won’t change your …
Category: Philosophy
The Way Out Of Chaos Is NOT Through Order
What does your life comprises of? Things, yes? No not really. Just our “concept” of life. “The narrative”. But for must of us, the experience is hardly ever separated from the narrative. And from the self, in the centre of it all… What does your life comprises of? Where do the things come …
Clever Men, Clever Beliefs, Clever Nonsense
Stupid people have stupid beliefs. Clever people have clever beliefs. But it’s stupid all the same. …”clever” belief, “stupid” belief…it doesn’t matter. It’s all the same. Belief is a belief. It’s by definition stupid. It can be the most clever belief, but it’s still stupid. What is a belief? It’s a form of …
The Change, The Reality And The Death
What you call “reality” is modeled on the feedback that you’re receiving. The feedback that you’re receiving is based on actions which you’re taking. It is based on your activities. (If you eat rice and broccoli every day – you are going to think that all food tastes like rice and broccoli. And you will …
The REAL Meaning of “Going With The Flow”
What would it mean, to “go with the flow”? If someone heard this phrase for the first time, heard this advice for the first time — what would he surmise? Please look into the meaning of “going with the flow” for yourself. I imagine going with the flow would be avoiding obstacles. One is …
If you rely on the approval of others – do you still rely on yourself?
If you rely on the approval of others – do you still rely on yourself? Is this your opinion or their’s opinion, then? You espouse certain beliefs, which you read somewhere or found out by yourself. Now, if you need someone to validate them – are you not invalidating your own perspective? Why …
Quoting Others Is Unoriginal
It’s a nice thing to share the body of knowledge, I assume. We are, after all, building a collective consciousness. …but it’s unoriginal notwithstanding. Are you creating or are you passing on? What does it tell about you, exactly? And do you not need to quote others – so that now there are …
Free Will
Free will, scientifically — no free will, just this huge deterministic universe. Free will, philosophically — no free will, just a language problem. Free will, spiritually — no free will, no one to “have it” in the first place.
You Are Terribly Superstitious And You Don’t Even Know It
What is superstitiousness? You think it’s “seeing a black cat, thinking it’s a bad omen”. You think it’s stupid. It’s only as stupid as your own collection of cognitive biases. This one is called Post hoc ergo propter hoc. The Post hoc fallacy. Correlation does not imply causation. But you don’t realise it. You …
The Cure Is The Forgetfulness
To cure your problems – forget them. Forget your inadequacy. Forget your failures. Forget your bad experiences. Forget the pain. It’s all gone when you forget them. The venerated “PRESENCE”, the mindfulness — is exactly that – forgetfulness. The venerated “no-self” – it is exactly that – forgetfulness. Forget the past and you are …