There’s life living There’s being human There are different dimensions to being human, different dimensions to life living, different dimensions to existing I believe potential is to be realized And I do believe it is innate to attempt to realize that potential I believe we are born with an innate desire to live, to …
True Growth vs False Enhancement vs Cynicism
You’re ugly and imperfect and ordinary There exist better being than you Their mere existence threatens you. Don’t deny it because it’s not a subject for a dispute. If they join your environment — they join ABOVE YOU in the hierarchy — therefore you get demoted in the hierarchy. Therefore you lose (that collectively we …
Strawman Yourself
You can straw-man yourself Straw man fallacy is giving an impression of refuting an argument — rather than actually addressing it. Straw man fallacy is an excellent way of deceiving others or oneself It’s because we often confuse the thing with it’s appearance Furthermore few things in this world are clear and plain …
Weakness Transcends the Weak and Corrupts the Whole
The moment we permit weakness — in ourselves OR others — we open the gate for degeneration and withering “Oh but isn’t weakness human?”, you might ask Weakness isn’t human To fail is human, yes To stay weak isn’t human To stay weak is to die To live is human To die is to …
Function and Dysfunction
There’s function and dysfunction (let’s define “function” as the opposite of dysfunction) -to function is to function well -to dysfunction is to function unwell -to function unwell is to eventually NOT function, to eventually fail -to function well is to survive and thrive, and continue functioning, and functioning well Usually dysfunction is quickly revealed. …
Your Own Growth is a Burden
I wrote that attachment alone is holding you back I wrote that bad luck is great Those two together result in: You become attached to your great fortunes and advantages — and then you fear losing them — and then those are holding you back It really is so that things you own end …
It Really Is ONLY What You DO
It’s really what you do, not what you have, not what you are… You have infinitely many possibilities. INFINITELY MANY The problem is not with not having options, not having possibilities, not having opportunities, not having this, not having that… The problem is with WILLING The problem is with CHOOSING The problem is with …
No Virtue In a Vacuum
There’s the “negative” It affects you. It affects you, more or less, In a sense something is only “negative” IF it affects you, and only as negative as much it affects you E.g. there’s something horrible happening out there somewhere in the world — but it doesn’t affect you, you’re not aware of it, …
Society, Rules, You and “Your Business”
It’s not just “your business” It’s not just “your business” who you are and what you do It’s everyone else’s business (unless you’re living in the forest) Obviously you are responsible You are first responsible for “your business” But then there’s everyone else you affect, And then there’s how they affect you And that …
Quotes Entail Misquoting…
Words entail misunderstandings Quotes entail misquoting one could rant forever about the limitations of the words, philosophically limitations of the words to describe, examine reality with wiser man did that before I see a more prosaic problem, in our prosaic everyday life. In our prosaic everyday life, we take sentences, quotes, words away …