When you want something gone, You can’t simply think: “I WANT IT GONE” Obviously If you want it gone entirely — it must also be gone from your thoughts Well, when you think how much you “want it gone” — you’re thinking OF IT Therefore it’s NOT gone from your thoughts quite a paradox …
Category: Spirituality
Mediocrity More Scary Than Failure
What do you fear more? failure? or mediocrity? Both are a social construct Alone in the woods — it’s annoying when you are building a small shed, and the structure collapses somehow It’s annoying, but You’re not a “failure” You’re not a “mediocrity” Those terms exist only in the society Now what do …
Useful Faith vs Blind, EVIL Faith
-There’s science =knowledge from observations, encapsulated by a testable theory, which has then been tested indeed -There’s reason, rationality = coherence of different concepts. Mathematics, logic, philosophy, etc. -And there’s FAITH = ASSUMPTION of something, WITHOUT either scientific proof, or even validation of logical clarity Is there room for faith? Well we can’t always …
Is Life Tension or Is Life a Cruise?
Life is tension Tension between life and death To be or not to be Tension between being and not being One day you are — next day you are not Life is tension One day you’re “good enough” — next day you’re rejected The wisdom is not in convincing yourself that you are indeed …
Is Reality Happy Or Unhappy Or Neither Or What
Below’s a janky and inconclusive rant trying to answer if reality is happy or unhappy. No answers, only questions: happiness / suffering and reality are independent or are they? what I’m saying is, existential truth is part of THE truth, the truth about reality, but in the same time existential truth is vastly …
What ACCEPTANCE Actually Means
True ACCEPTANCE is actually VERY HARD When we think we “do acceptance” — what we’re typically actually only doing is: –accepting something suboptimal… -…except with the CAVEAT that we will IMPROVE IT, ERASE IT …which is not truly acceptance, is it? We’re still WISHING TO SEE IT GONE, DENY IT TRUE ACCEPTANCE is …
Perhaps LOVE Is But To Be OPEN
Perhaps LOVE is but to be OPEN You’re just open, So that you are open to experience, to perceive to see You just observe You just accept You just appreciate You just love …yeah You can go do your BUSINESS later Make your IMPORTANT DECISIONS later Make the VALUE JUDGEMENTS LATER …
How DEAD Is It? What’s left?
What’s LEFT does not replace that which has passed The photograph does not replace the person, though it looks the same The person that changed is NOT the same person, though it’s named the same The place feels different without someone or something, though it’s still the same place etc Let’s not pretend …
God Is Always Watching
I like the concept that “GOD always watching” We lie to ourselves all the time It’s only when we know we can’t get away with the lie, is when we get serious -when it’s important -when someone’s watching, and knows By the way, why do we lie to ourselves? It’s not …
Vulnerable, but Also EMOTIONALLY
There’s the entirety of your psyche: what you want, what you like, what you do, what drives you, etc It’s your thoughts and feelings and actions You feel more or less comfortable with revealing this PSYCHE of yours We tend to feel the most comfortable with our actions — since everyone can see them …