You should give up You should literally give up. Give up hope. LET GO of hope. Do you need hope…? Hope has positive connotation in our culture. But is hope positive? Is hope positive? What is hope? What different is hope to desire? Why do you need hope? Doesn’t hope imply becoming? Imply your hope …
Dissipation – Moderation – Safety – Exploration
Sensual desires are nothing in comparison with the psyche’s craving for permanence It’s better to be dissipated then safe Dissipation is futile and vain but at least it’s a genuine try Safety it is ever doomed because there is no safety there is no permanence no escape from death no escape from change …
Be Slower
be slower take your time go deeply and attentively We are always in a rush From the earliest age we’re conditioned to DELIVER on time. Be at school on time. Do the homework on time. Pass the test on time. Be back home on time. We develop serious scarcity mentality in regards to TIME. …
About Truisms
It doesn’t matter it’s a truism if you need to hear it. It’s simple truths which get the results rather then fancy philosophies. Foundations are never too old. Disregarding truisms as unoriginal is pretentious and absurd. Originality has nothing to do with either truth or value. Truisms are disregarded the …
Musings: Letting Go
Not-letting-go brought more suffering then letting-go ever did You may not get where you wanted to get but if you transcend the want in the first place — there is nothing that’s ever forsaken. Oft it’s the unwillingness to let go which keeps us from getting where we want to get, Compulsive need …
Peace always comes before enjoyment, pleasure, entertainment without peace the “positive” is just an escape from the “negative”, while really only being the other side of the coin once you know peace, truly know peace, the joy will follow next, without you provoking it — Janus (@JanusFaustus) September 12, 2019
Perseverance / Stubbornness
When we stumble upon to goldmine at the end of the valley we extol the virtue of PERSEVERANCE When we waste our lives seeking gold which was never there we curse STUBBORNNESS Get over this black-and-white thinking. Be neither stubborn nor persevering but INTELLIGENT instead. Plough on a little bit longer than it seems …
All Memory is Confabulation
All memory is confabulation We are way too confident in veracity of our memory Memory it’s an image taken by shortsighted eyes Words recorded by prejudiced ears Events translated by biased cognition Wise mistrusts memory Wise understands the uniqueness of every moment Wise is ready to meet every situation anew, only …
More Optimal Then Gym
Health is imperative but don’t delude yourself 5/7 in the gym is the most optimal either for your health or your life in general. Homo sapiens is not made to carry too much muscle. If you think he is then why it’s so hard to put on the weight? It’s much MUCH easier to stay …
Be With Your Desire
Don’t pretend you don’t want something. Don’t assert that you can’t get something. It’s just another way of deceiving yourself. Be with your desire. Respect it. Seek to understand it. You may already know that it’s attainment is not ultimately significant — but the problem of self-delusion is of paramount gravity. Therefore do whatever …