There are normal, ubiquitous, domesticated, elementary human flaws.
And there are MIND-VIRUSES.
Natural, normal humans flaws, are for instance:
-laziness
-lack of energy
-desire
-moods
-carelessness
-imperfection, fallibility
-etc
FLAWS are not even always flaws, really:
Emotions have a purpose
Desire obviously has a purpose
Energy obviously is exhausted — then regenerated
The only problem is our relationships to those phenomena. Refined through understanding.
We learn to deal with our flaws well, or less well
We learn what to expect of ourselves, and our flaws
We learn what to expect of others
We learn when to forgive
We learn when to forgive, we learn to forgive
Flaws are human
To fail is human
MIND-VIRUSES are different
Mind-viruses disgust us
Mind-viruses are not benign
Mind-viruses are not forgiven
Mind-viruses are contagious
What are mind-viruses?
It’s not a mere human flaw
It’s a virus
The result is sickness
It’s not like an inconsequential mistake
It’s a sickness
It doesn’t heal, typically
It spreads
Sickness sickens us
Mind-viruses are sickening
What are mind-viruses?
It’s not mere flaws which are corrected with trial and error, and ultimately inconsequential in the grand scheme of things
Mind-viruses are mind malfunctions, psychological malfunctions, philosophical malfunctions, emotional malfunctions
Unlike flaws which are inborn — those are LEARNED. CONTRACTED.
What are mind-viruses?
-NEEDINESS
-COWARDICE
-extreme stupidity, CRAZINESS
-self-seriousness
-MISERLINESS
-massive insecurity
-BITTERNESS, hostility
-extreme STUBBORNNESS
-deceitfulness, FAKENESS
-and more
Those are not mere flaws
They feel different
They evoke disgust
Disgust akin to a disgust with sickness
By the way, is disgusting deserving of disgust?
It may sound callous to say yes
I don’t say yes or no
There’s only objective reality
And then there’s objective reaction it evokes
But our subjective actions are our choice
And one may attempt to cure sickness
Or one may choose to live with it. One may have to choose to live with it.
This doesn’t concern me.
I’m just observing
I’m just observing that mind-viruses evoke DISGUST
For indeed those are sicknesses, viruses
And ought be cured
No emotion you experience should go unexamined
No thought you observe should pass unexamined
Examine your mind
Some of it’s weaknesses are natural
Some have been learned, contracted
And now you’re sick
How do you even know you’re sick?
Like any sick man would
Attempt activities requiring fitness:
–Challenge yourself
-Change yourself
-Put yourself in different situations
-Go to places where you’ve never been
-Climb heights you’ve never reached
All of the above requires fitness
The beauty of the profane real world is that it challenges you, asks more of you
Whether you hate the world or love the world
Whether you await a better world, or prefer your own little world
THE real world, the world as a whole, the world as is it — is what challenges you
And therefore reveals how FIT you are
…
Understand the difference between mere FLAWS – and MIND-VIRUSES
Obviously it’s important for you to cure yourself
Perhaps you’re stressing too much about your flaws — when you should be curing yourself out of MIND-viruses
But if you care to live well — you’ll cure yourself anyway — or perish
But it’s also important to observe this phenomenon in others
Flaws can be worked with
Viruses must be cured
When we say “people don’t change” — we refer to viruses
Best avoid the sick, lest you get sick yourself
Best to know which battles are worth fighting
Best know your enemy, and your allay
I wish you good health